My dropzone is going to close, Cal-City

[VectorBoy 0]

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I hear the DZ will have an AN-2 and only do Atmonauti.

Missionmpossiblenauti!

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

Well... rumor of the rumor has been confirmed... HappyGirl thinks Tom is going to turn the place into a Temple to Scientology or a big playground for his kid.

[VectorBoy 0]

Did he buy every business on the airport or just the DZ property?

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

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Did he buy every business on the airport or just the DZ property?

Well, rumor has it...

[champu 1]

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I hear the DZ will have an AN-2 and only do Atmonauti.

"Since you're new here, let me familiarize you with the rules. Left handed landing pattern at all times. First person down sets the direction. Exit order is Atmonauti groups, largest to smallest. ... "

"Where do I get out if I'm doing RW?"

"R What?"

"Belly flying."

"Largest to smallest... Atmonauti groups."

"I'm not flying Atmonauti."

"It says in your logbook you've made 1200 jumps, am I to believe that in no point during those 1200 jumps you learned about following the rules of exit order at a dropzone?"

"Yes, but-"

"Well have I not made the rules perfectly clear to you?

"Yes, but-"

"Good. Now enjoy your jumps... but don't test me on my rules."

[rapter 0]

Do I have to be a Scientologist to jump there? I don't mind joining a new religion, after all, My soul is up for sell to the highest bidder.

Only the good die young, so I have found immortality,

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

Yeah, right, like Tom Cruise would let any of us jump at his DZ!

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

Video of the last load out at Cal City, 25 Nov 07:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0861idKhP4

All Kudos to Joey Preston!

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9n1PL77kCA


A video from the "good ol days" at Cal City... the 35th anniversary of Gordon's 1st jump, I think it was...

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

I found this raw footage on one of my old VHS tapes of some of the jumps done during the 1995 Rat Roast Boogie at California City.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtG9Lt1g4o

Obviously we we're Nationals material back then.

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

Here ya go, Rapter.

More video from "the good ol' days".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoIiMCE8r4E

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

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Obviously we we're weren't Nationals material back then.

DOH!

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

A couple of weeks back, I was out around Cal City at "near point" shooting with YoBo and Sthal.

Afterwards, we happened by the ol' Cal City DZ hangar to look things over... report:

Sadly, the place is still not in use in any evident manner.

The fence is on the verge of blowing over; several boards are already gone missing.

Someone must have come by and "liberated" one of the picnic tables, but not the good one with all the stuff carved in it.

The place was locked up, but we peeked in trough the office windows and upstairs and the place appears dusty and empty inside.

There's lots of sand and tumble weeds blown up against the fence and around the walkway outside the office.

The parking lot is starting to be taken' back by the desert.

Either someone broke one of the windows into what used to be one of the classrooms or the wind did it?

The back-yard is starting to look un-kept.

The airfield gate was closed, but you can see where kids are still driving around it to go drag-race on the runway at night.

[Scrumpot 1]

That just gave me some very sad visuals, indeed.

coitus non circum - Moab Stone

[SimpleJack 0]

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That just gave me some very sad visuals, indeed

If you want to see depressing visuals, try visiting the old Air Adventures West dropzone in Taft,CA.

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

Well, I've flown over it (sort-of) when jumping at Skydive Taft / Crouch's Coral's Place. It looks pretty desolate. One can pick-out the landing areas, if you know what you're looking at and the runway is even harder to spot.

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That just gave me some very sad visuals, indeed

If you want to see depressing visuals, try visiting the old Air Adventures West dropzone in Taft,CA.

Whats depressing about (from altitude) a federal prison

Actually yeah, its pretty sad now. Was out that way last weekend.....

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The Dude Abides.
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[ZigZagMarquis 9]

A photo from the recent Cal-City Reunion, April 18 2009 at Skydive Taft, Ca.

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

A good time was had by all...

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

Coral kept things under control...

[LloydDobbler 2]

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Coral kept things under control...

Dear Sweet Jesus...looks like someone finally figured out how to keep Kevin in line.

Looks like fun - hope I can make the next one.

Signatures are the new black.

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

Some old Cal City videos and a little bit of Snore that Q-Ball pushed to YouTube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8APK-x2v34

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGUEWj5w0_Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij0AuRrSUPc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jt_qT_RL5Q

... can any of y'all spot Philly, Rapter or Deis???

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

On the way home from jumping at Taft yesterday, I stopped by Cal City and shot some video of the ol' DZ there. Its pretty no-frills, but I cut it together to this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGS7yTHSV5Q

[IEJuggalo 0]

...broken windows, fence falling down, overgrowth. Depressing. ;^(

[JerryBaumchen 1,445]

Hi Zig,

It is obvious that it holds a special place in your heart.
We all hate to see old dz's go away.

I was out to Sheridan, OR last year and it is way worse looking. It rains here a lot so there are lots of big weeds and the building is slowly beginning to collapse.

Sad times all around

JerryBaumchen