drewboo 0 #1 September 15, 2003 A long time ago, im guessing 1972-1973..i was spending a weekend or two at a DZ called Pope Valley,Calif. Here is the story as i remember it. It may contain a few errors as it was a long time ago. One day, I believe it was Curt Curtis, but could easily be wrong. Decided to do a smoke jump. I was present so i know something like this did occur. So this person attaches 9 smoke grenades to each arm...9 smoke grenades to each leg..36 total. Goes up in the cessna and climbs out on the step...another jumper inside the plane starts pulling the pin on all the grenades on the inboard side, while the jumper himself pulls the pins on the outboard side. While this guy was in freefall, there were no arms or legs visible outside the smoke trail...the man looked like a freakin comet! Does anyone remember this...and more importantly correct my story for errors. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #2 September 16, 2003 Man I would have liked to have seen that! Thats around 75 lbs. in bombs...and those babys burn HOT! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michaelflying 0 #3 September 16, 2003 Sounds like chhech and chong have started skydivingwww.skydivekzn.co.za Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyhpp 0 #4 September 17, 2003 This is one mean smoke jumper - not only did he light 36 smoke canisters, he probably set himself alight in the process as well! I had a good laugh imagining this guy under his recently opened (and newly dyed) canopy, trying to fly and breathe his way through thick clouds of smoke! Would be great to find out how it all ended. Also - if he did carry it out safely, how were so many canisters attached so that they could burn without burning him? (36 smoke brackets???) I would guess that this was one of those "once is enough" kind of jumps! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drewboo 0 #5 September 17, 2003 As i remember there was a flame-retardent material involved in the jumpsuit...and it was indeed carried out safely....i wish some one else could show up on this forum and supply further details. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D22369 0 #6 September 18, 2003 I would love to see a pic or better yet, a video of this being done today....but at the $$$ of smoke, it probably aint gonna happen.. RoyThey say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Macarena 0 #7 April 15, 2013 Quote Sounds like chhech and chong have started skydiving "Up in Smoke" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danchapman 0 #8 April 16, 2013 Back in the 60's a jumper taped a canister to his boot (remember the Paraboot?), didn't use a bracket. He did funny things in freefall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Macaroni 0 #9 April 16, 2013 QuoteBack in the 60's a jumper taped a canister to his boot (remember the Paraboot?), didn't use a bracket. He did funny things in freefall. Good motivation to turn a fast style series trying to snuff out the flames! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
377 22 #10 April 16, 2013 Sorry I missed that one. I was jumping at Pope Valley during the early 70s. I remember one weekend we had 2 DC 3s and a Lodestar flying jumpers out of that little strip. Good times. Sure miss that place. It was the best. 3772018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammitt 0 #11 April 17, 2013 I remember that meet at Pope. It was the only time I got a chance to jump a Loadstar. That was one mean climbing machine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
