ericber 0 #1 March 22, 2004 How many of you remember these? Perris, CA 1980's. Great times they were.Blue Skies Eric Bernstein D-9298 ericber@oz.net Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dterrick 0 #2 March 22, 2004 WTF??? I've read the burning DC-3 story (I believe it's on Diverdriver's website) but the veg-o-matic Cessna thingie is beyond me. Stories, please? -Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 5 #3 March 22, 2004 The flaming DC-3 looks familiar to me. Didn't I just see a "Real TV" or "You Gotta See This" segment with some video of a DC-3 burning up? I didn't see the whole clip, but where was it and what happened. I'm guessing it was during my marginally active years, that's why I don't recall it. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ericber 0 #4 March 22, 2004 It was amazing....getting ready to board the DC-3 this intoxicated pilot in a C-180 or something like that torqued to the left on takeoff and went right through. A jumper by the name of, I believe Darrell (last name forgotten) was injured in the accident. Needless to say, this was a major blow to Perris at the time.Blue Skies Eric Bernstein D-9298 ericber@oz.net Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ericber 0 #5 March 22, 2004 Just when the DC-3 started to begin rolling the left engine threw a prob blade and there was a fireball. I have the tape as the video was rolling inside the aircraft so you could see the whole thing and then Jerry jumped out, ran like hell, turned around and captured the video and took stills.Blue Skies Eric Bernstein D-9298 ericber@oz.net Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbrasher 1 #6 March 24, 2004 I was in the parking lot having a beer with Dirty Ed when Ugly went in. I was standing at the stairs if the Twin Otter, props turning, boarding an AFF student when the Cessna went over the Otter and tried to take out a 4 way dirt diving by the DC-3. Never saw it coming. My recollections was that it was a low time pilot who was landing downwind. Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonybrogdon 0 #7 March 26, 2004 Hi John; I was at the pool eating a bowl of chili and manafested on the next load which was going to be my first night jump. Two months later we reopened the DZ as Perris Valley Skydiving Club. Gary Douris was President and Al Krueger our 1st DZ managerTony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #8 May 12, 2004 Hi Eric, Deli here again. Yup, waz thar' fer bofum!! I was in 57Ugly when the engine spit the blade and it caught fire!! We were going up for a sunset practice 40-way Fielding Night Record atempt. The fire cut that short!!! as for 817, I was in the parking lot when that happened, what a drag, that event shut the airport down for the day!! Oh well, but I finally got a copy of the video of 57Ugly!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hottamaly 1 #9 May 18, 2004 Hey Bill, Linda Hardesty here. Good to see you on DZ.com How ya doin? PM me sometime and we'll talk. Hi to you also, Tony. Where you been lately? Skydiving gave me a reason to live I'm not afraid of what I'll miss when I die...I'm afraid of what I'll miss as I live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonybrogdon 0 #10 May 19, 2004 Hi Linda; I currently live in Fresno. I have two business's up here. Remember the Hot Air Ballon out of Elsinore?Tony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #11 May 19, 2004 What are your businesses? If something useful for me, I'd be glad to patronize. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonybrogdon 0 #12 May 19, 2004 J C One is Central Valley Restaurant Systems I just sold and installed the POS Touchscreen POS Systems to Dog House Grill across from SaveMart Center and the East West Cuisine at 1st and Ness. My other business is Powerline International. I am marketing Powerline Technology to Mexico. TonyTony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #13 May 19, 2004 Dang. I go to that Save Mart on First and Nees all the time. I'm moving from the Foxwood apts on Herndon at Fresno to Armstrong and Shaw. I'll have to buy you a beer sometime in exchange for some stories. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #14 May 20, 2004 QuoteI'll have to buy you a beer sometime in exchange for some stories. Stories, Tony doesn't have any stories. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonybrogdon 0 #15 May 20, 2004 Hey Mike, I think I have a few tucked back in my brain somewhere. I can't help but laugh thinking about you and Bud Krueger trying to outdo each other in the back seat of my car on the way back from Ensenada when we were setting up the demo into the Baja Country Club. You guys had me in tears I was laughing so hard. Now that was a good DC-3 memory, over the Baja Beach Club, at sunset and on my birthday. As the beer commercial say" it doesn't get better than that." Say hi to Rich for me.Tony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbrasher 1 #16 May 21, 2004 Just what were they doing together in the back seat? Red, White and Blue Skies, John T. Brasher D-5166 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonybrogdon 0 #17 May 21, 2004 They were trying to outdo each other telling Jokes, John.Tony Brogdon D-12855 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #18 May 21, 2004 Hi Tony "My other business is Powerline International. I am marketing Powerline Technology to Mexico." Have you thought of expanding you international business to include Iraq? R.I.P. SCR 2719 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
itllclear 1 #19 May 31, 2004 Eric- I took that photo of the DC-3 giving a painful birth to a Cessna 150- Actually, the guy was tryring to land downwind and decided to do a go around. C-150 don't climb worth %&$#! with full flaps, and it stalled and started a spin, It was only about 5 feet off the ground, so the left wing hit the runway, causing the plan to veer right at 817. Remember the bumper sticker: "Skydiving's Hotter at Perris!" Blue Skies! Harry Leicher Treasurer, Perris Valley Skydiving Society"Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #20 June 1, 2004 QuoteEric- I took that photo of the DC-3 giving a painful birth to a Cessna 150- Actually, the guy was tryring to land downwind and decided to do a go around. C-150 don't climb worth %&$#! with full flaps, and it stalled and started a spin, It was only about 5 feet off the ground, so the left wing hit the runway, causing the plan to veer right at 817. Remember the bumper sticker: "Skydiving's Hotter at Perris!" Blue Skies! Harry Leicher Treasurer, Perris Valley Skydiving Society Harry, You forgot the picture. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
itllclear 1 #21 June 1, 2004 It was the one Eric attached to the post at the beginning of the thread -- with the 150's prop sticking out the rear end of 817"Harry, why did you land all the way out there? Nobody else landed out there." "Your statement answered your question." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #22 June 1, 2004 QuoteIt was the one Eric attached to the post at the beginning of the thread -- with the 150's prop sticking out the rear end of 817 Da, I knew that, ya I knew that. Nice jumps Sunday. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrSoundman 0 #23 September 4, 2004 I remeber those planes. I always wondered what happed to "817." Hi y'all, Tony, Bill, Linda, John, and Eric. This is like a reunion! Duncan McEwan, C-19534 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
