Bob Spraque?

[jonstark 8]

Could that have been Parkman, Ohio where the Gates family still runs a DZ? Dale and Lucinda (retired) now son Bobby.

jon

[WGore 0]

How about Greene County Cleveland. I vaguely remember going to a meet up there around that time and it being some kind of team event. Bob used to be at all sorts of events as judge back then. IIRC the team I was on took 3rd in the RW event.
Like Amazon, at first I thought it might look like GCSPC Xenia as well. That 2nd shot with the parasail is hard to tell although I remember several guys damned near getting busted up on one of those things on windy days.
I remember one day down at GC KY it was so windy we tied one off to a fence post and flew it. Had to get 5 or 6 guys to walk it down to put riders on. Danny Stone got on it and we left him up for about an hour. He was about half froze to death when we finally pulled him down.

GUNFIRE, The sound of Freedom!

[howardwhite 6]

OK, it's my fault, so here are some more pictures from the same collection. Maybe they'll help ID the place, but they're fun to look at anyway.

HW

[stratostar 5]

Pepperell Mass.

you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo

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Picture ClubNat70-4.jpg

The picture was taken in 1970 at the Club Nationals.

Lying on the ground is 17 year old Terry Arnold (my first Skydiving girlfriend).
Standing over her is Rudy Sampels the leader of the Columbus Skydivers.

I Jumped with the guys who invented Skydiving.

[jerry9461 0]

Howard:

The para-sail picture looks like the Greene County Cleveland DZ that was at Hartsfield, SE of Cleveland. Mike Pagett was the DZO.

I don't think the other 4 pics were taken at the same place.

Jerry

[howardwhite 6]

I know nuttin'. I'm just going on the notes by Jim Bates on his slides.

(Got any more cool pictures of me?)

HW

[howardwhite 6]

I just found this in an old Sky Diver.
Hooper was #20. Helen Tyson (probably the only woman recipient ever) was #19

HW