David Rickerby

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This creation speaks volumes on how he viewed life, I'm thinking.

ltdiver

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sure this is a Rickerby, made in 82 at Z Hills on a Racer pop top..

You can see the DJR in the corner.

[Fiete 0]

Remember the time when we waited 2 weeks on a Javelin and 6 for a Rickerby Pop Top



Blue Sky & black Crotchless Underwear

Peace


Muff 361

[muff528 3]

Thanks for the pic, Fiete. Sadly gone.
BSBCU, TonyP

[skyditch1 0]

I was in San Marcos TX. over the Halloween weekend and saw a little packer chick running around with a pink javelin container with a painted reserve flap,,She didnt know about david we talked about the rig and the artist!!

You wake up in a trailer, not quite remebering how you got there and the first thing ya see,, A Rickerby Painting,,, ahh I must be in the right place!!!!!!!!

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WAKE UP TANDEMGUY !THERES A DUI CHECKPOINT UP AHEAD

[colin 0]

This was the very first Rickerby pop top cap, painted for me at the apartment we shared in England in around 1981.

[Fiete 0]

David did my javelin in 94

[Rainbo 0]

So sad to hear, David and I spent many days and nights exploring different realms, with other friends now past back in the Sandwich era. I know he is with them now, and far more of them there than here now, so I know he is having a good time. BSBD old buddy, wish we could have got together one last time like we spoke of in some PM's but life did not take us there.

Rainbo
TheSpeedTriple - Speed is everything
"Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting."

[altichick 1]

Sad news. Condoloences Jen, what a loss :(

I only met him briefly during the month or so he spent in SkydiveSpain painting this mural in the bar, I'll drink one for you next time I'm there!!

Don't sweat the petty things... and don't pet the sweaty things!

[jonstark 8]

I hadn't seen David in at least 15 years and would enjoy seeing some more recent pix of him. I'll miss him.

thx,
jon

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Thanks for posting this picture, Sal, and thanks even more for the condolences. We both had a great time with you that Christmas while painting the mural at La Juilliana. We're all going to miss him, but I think we should feel lucky to have been there to witness him spreading his "Rickerby Magic". What a beautiful gift he gave us all! Take care -Jennifer Rickerby

[rmcvey 0]

Here are some photos I took of a jump with David last year.

David had not jumped for a while, so the plan was pretty tame - just enjoy the view basically, blow the cob webs away so to speak

The pictures don't tell this story, but right at break off, in fact probably below, just I was thinking to wave at him, or point at my alti or something, David threw in a completely unexpected back loop, then another..... then grinned like a mad man!

WOAH!!! was my first thought.... lol, but then I just tracked away chuckling as he dumped out.

What a legend.

Jen, if you pm me your email I would be honoured to send the photos across.

BS

[dirtyduck 0]

I have a photo of the wall at Head's bar taken by Pierre, complete with Tom Piras & crew. Pierre issued numbered photos of that shot with Pierre sitting leaning against the wall for scale.

[colin 0]

The guy sitting against the wall is Stu Gedge who was working at the bar then. I have #21 :)

[fatbuger 0]

I have #16, 250 prints were issued let's seem if we can find them all.

Pat

[Capt36 6]

Dear Jennifer,
So much more sorry now, that I did not come see ya'll in England this past August. I just got the sad news today.... Grrrrrrrrrrr
I met David in '83, when he and John LeBlanc showed up at Westwind DZ, near Atlanta. He convinced me to try a prototype PD150, not on the market yet. Damn near broke my arms in a stalled landing. He laughed his ass off! "Oh..I forgot to tell you about the flair point..." He ended up becoming one of my most cherished skydiving friends..... So many good trips....the '87 skull & crossbones, (his EET 'number'), birthday dive..... posing for his 'self portrait.... and staying with you two in Deland..... 'dosage testing' parties... The Bus.... I could on & on.... I'm misting now...Grrrrrr
Email me, if I can be of any help to you...
Blue Skies, Red Eyes... my friend of the past, my friend in the future.... Damn...the perfect storm continues....

Practice random acts of kindness, and senseless beauty...

And, give money for Mr Douglas! www.mrdouglas.org

[DavidB 0]

Damn. I haven't been on here in a short while, but when I got to page 4 of this month's SKYDIVING & read the news, well, I was shocked & extremely saddened.

I started jumping in late May 1984. Dave & Dawn spent 3 or 4 months (June to late Sept) living/working on the DZ in Lakewood, NJ. That's where I was fortunate enough to first met him/them. I ran into Dave many times over the next 10 years. I'm not sure if he REALLY knew who I was or not, but he was always friendly, fun, & generous. Hell the last time I was on a DZ, last summer, I was wearing a Rickerby T-shirt!

BSBD my friend. You may be missed, but you will live on in the hearts of your friends!

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

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The packer is Syrara and she is an artist herself. All of the Ads for the Halloween Boogie and the T-shirts she has done. FireflyTex had the rig before Syrara.. Dave

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I was in San Marcos TX. over the Halloween weekend and saw a little packer chick running around with a pink javelin container with a painted reserve flap,,She didnt know about david we talked about the rig and the artist!!

You wake up in a trailer, not quite remebering how you got there and the first thing ya see,, A Rickerby Painting,,, ahh I must be in the right place!!!!!!!!

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BSBD, Dave. Good memories sitting around picking guitars. My favorite Rickerby murals are the bulkhead on Southern Cross and the wall at Head's Bar in Zhills. ,Tony P.

The huge mural at Head's is still there! The bar is now called The Hawg Pound and it's twice as large. When they enlarged the bar they had to cut out some of the lower portions of the mural, but rest is intact. There is also an 8x10 photo of the original mural hanging on the wall in the bar.

Chuck

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I knew Dave from the 80's in Z-Hills. He did a mural on the ceiling of my RV. He will be missed.