skydived19006 4 #51 July 20, 2009 As of right now, the latest D# issued was 29991 to Liz Ashley, Region: Foreign Martin USPA 104570 A19518 C25348 D19006 (hence the DZ.com handle. I started using that name back in the 90s with an AOL email account. Just entered it one day here to look at the forums. I'd pick something more interesting now, but don't want to screw with starting a new account.)Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #52 July 20, 2009 Not me... I got D29981 I faxed it in on the 9th. So it should be any day now. Yes i know i should have had mine a long time ago Nothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markovwgti 0 #53 July 21, 2009 ok well i sent in my app last tueday, it was ran through yesterday...i am D29993 The lady i spoke to said any random person will get D30000...no special person will get picked!! Lucky you foker!!! I almost got it!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydived19006 4 #54 July 21, 2009 6 away, 29994 is a guy in the Mountain region. Names and USPA license numbers are pretty much public aren't they? I didn't post his name, but I will 30,000! MartinExperience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markovwgti 0 #55 July 21, 2009 how did you find that out? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnskydiver688 0 #56 July 21, 2009 Group Members get access to the license database.Sky Canyon Wingsuiters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #57 July 21, 2009 My vote is for Harold Schwartz.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rlucus 0 #58 July 22, 2009 Looks like I'll be shooting for 33333 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydived19006 4 #59 July 23, 2009 Quote Group Members get access to the license database. I was informed yesterday by someone deep within the Association that posting information gained by my access to the USPA Credential Verification was a misuse of the information. So, if I had theoretically just checked the data base, it would not be appropriate for me to disclose weather I had discovered that D29999 has been assigned, nor to whom, nor to which region. So, I'm not gon'a do it! So, you didn't hear it from me that the next one up will be D30,000.Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rlucus 0 #60 July 23, 2009 Names and numbers are published in the magazine... what the heck is wrong with finding out a little sooner... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #61 July 23, 2009 Quote Names and numbers are published in the magazine... what the heck is wrong with finding out a little sooner... Well, I just got the USPA Update via email (a new newsletter sent to members, apparently). It's official (and I figure since they blasted it in an email to all members, it's okay to post it here): Quote USPA Issues D-30,000 USPA just passed another milestone by issuing D-30,000. In 1959, the Parachute Club of America (USPA's predecessor) issued D-1 to Lewis Sanborn. Twenty-six years later, Randy Thurston was issued D-10,000; 12 years after that, the Honorable George H.W. Bush was issued Honorary D-20,000. It’s been another 12 years, and this morning, Josh Schellenburg of Duluth, Minnesota, was issued D-30,000. Congrats, Josh! And, more detail from the USPA web site: Quote USPA Issues License D-30000 (updated 07/23/09) On July 23, shortly after USPA’s Membership Department processed the paperwork, USPA Executive Director Ed Scott placed a call to Josh Schellenberg of Duluth, Minnesota, to congratulate him on being awarded the coveted D-30000 license number. Joining Scott on the line for the call congratulating Schellenberg was Lew Sanborn, who was issued license number D-1 in March 1959. Schellenberg is 24 years old, started jumping in the fall of 2003 and now has 543 jumps. He says he’s a freeflyer and canopy pilot, but he’s also made about 50 wingsuit jumps and lately has been getting back into 4-way formation skydiving. He jumps mostly at Skydive Superior in Wisconsin. VERY cool that they had D-1 on the line, too. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamx 0 #62 July 23, 2009 USPA Issues D-30,000 USPA just passed another milestone by issuing D-30,000. In 1959, the Parachute Club of America (USPA's predecessor) issued D-1 to Lewis Sanborn. Twenty-six years later, Randy Thurston was issued D-10,000; 12 years after that, the Honorable George H.W. Bush was issued Honorary D-20,000. It’s been another 12 years, and this morning, Josh Schellenburg of Duluth, Minnesota, was issued D-30,000. Congrats, Josh! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cashmanimal 0 #63 July 23, 2009 SON OF A BITCH! I sat on my application soooo long to try and get it... I don't know my number, but I am pretty sure I was D-29999. I guess it will come with a good story It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,439 #64 July 23, 2009 Hi Kris, Quote Joining Scott on the line for the call congratulating Schellenberg was Lew Sanborn, who was issued license number D-1 in March 1959. What!!!! No G. H. W. Bush on the line also. I guess that is what happens when you just give them away. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydived19006 4 #65 July 23, 2009 Quote SON OF A BITCH! but I am pretty sure I was D-29999. You're not D29999, maybe you'll be D30001? Here's a fun one: 000072 Bush, George Herbert 03/31/2010 D-020000 Gulf I know, I know, I'm doing it again! But then everyone already knows that George Herbert Walker Bush has D20000. I wonder if GHWB sends in his annual dues. And, look at the USPA Member number, #72. Heck, Lewis Sanborn has a higher uspa member number (notice I'm toeing the line by not divulging Lu's membership number) than GHWB. Interesting. Also, since I was going to potentially blow the big roll out of D30,000 it still isn't listed in the online database. And, that email has yet to hit my inbox. So, another 12 years to 40,000? I bet longer with the 500 jump requirement.Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markovwgti 0 #66 July 23, 2009 How long was it a 200 Jump Minimum to get your D? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildfan75 1 #67 July 24, 2009 I remember sitting at Skydive Superior just off my A license and listening to Josh and admiring him for his jump numbers and experience. Good to see Wisconsin in the skydiving lime-light! Lynn D-29536 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydived19006 4 #68 July 29, 2009 Quote How long was it a 200 Jump Minimum to get your D? It was 3 or 4 years ago as I remember that the numbers changed. D numbers below D27000 for sure were 200 jump min, and above D28000 I'm guessing are 500 jump min folks. There was a "rush" for quite a few folks in the 150 to 200 jump range at the time to hit 200 before the rule change. MartinExperience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #69 July 29, 2009 Mid -D26000's was the swapping point. I got mine just before the swap but I also had over 500 jumps at the time too so I could have cared less. I;m in the first 1/3 of that range and sent it in only a few weeks before the change.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
format 1 #70 July 29, 2009 and us "rookies" are expected to show some respect on "achievement" = experience? khkhkhkhh lol breWhat goes around, comes later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 5 #71 July 29, 2009 Quote and us "rookies" are expected to show some respect on "achievement" = experience? khkhkhkhh lol bre 200 jumps was quite experienced for many years. I agree that the change to 500 was overdue though. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SansSuit 1 #72 July 30, 2009 Quote There was a "rush" for quite a few folks in the 150 to 200 jump range at the time to hit 200 before the rule change. Martin There were some pretty busy pencils then, too!Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
