Usetawuz 1 #26 December 13, 2007 Here is mine. It was one of those cheap blue paperback jobs. First jump was a Cessna 195 with 18th Abn Corps club, Ft Bragg, in July '66. Doug Colpert C-2993 was my JM. Jump "F" was JM'd & signed off by Walt Green D-835. Actually got cleared for FF that month (jump H) but didn't get back in the air until Lakewood NJ in October. Like Howard White I have some (not nearly as many) "Norduyn Noorseman" stamps too. Bill Hammell (UK D-367) put me out and cleared me for FF at LSPC. My friend Curt Curtis (then B5044, he got his "C" a few days later.) jumpmastered me on my first free-fall in Oct '66. Some place along the line an ASO transferred the 1st couple of pages to a 'respectable, hard cover log book'. _________________________________________ The older I get, the better I was! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #27 December 13, 2007 Here it is. Sparky.My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
efs4ever 3 #28 December 13, 2007 Daaaam! After almost THIRTY years in the sport I still feel like a BABY when I see these books. I'll outlive yer asses if it KILLS me. RIP Ray Privitt Russell M. Webb D 7014 Attorney at Law 713 385 5676 https://www.tdcparole.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longtall 0 #29 December 13, 2007 66! Damn Frank, Dont you have anything earlier?..J.." 90 right, five miles then cut."---Pukin Buzzards Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 6 #30 December 13, 2007 "Lucky" Hammell...a life cut much too short. Pic 1: Bill and Lee Guilfoyle exit a Norseman over Lakewood Pic 2: Bill and his son Scott on the flight line at with Bill Mehr, who was about to get his Gold Wings from Bill in freefall Pic 3: a curbstone in Bill's memory at the VI World meet monument at the Orange Municipal Airport. I'm making an educated guess that Curt Curtis commissioned it. HW (The first two pictures are among many that Lee (D-50) has posted on flickr.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Usetawuz 1 #31 December 13, 2007 HW -- Agreed: "a life cut much too short". Bill gave so much, and still had so much more he would have given. Thx for the pictures _________________________________________ The older I get, the better I was! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Usetawuz 1 #32 December 13, 2007 Damn John! Gimme a break, I'm just a kid!! _________________________________________ The older I get, the better I was! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DavidB 0 #33 December 13, 2007 Jim, I vaguely remember you, mostly due to your having your own gear, & you were one of only two that jumped your own rounds at that time. Definitely remember Joey & Dick taking someone on an unofficial AFF! As you said, "normal" jump altitude was 7.5K, though we'd usually make it up to 8K & occasionally 8.5K. Those were definitely some wild & crazy times!When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildfan75 1 #34 December 13, 2007 Quote But, one thing we can all be proud of (all us old guys) is we learned without some moke strapped to our backs, or hanging on to us . . . !!! NickD And some of us new guys too!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peckerhead 0 #35 December 13, 2007 Here ya go... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastphil 0 #36 December 13, 2007 I see a lotta' those hot "LL" canopies listed, and peckerhead even jumped the extremely high performance "TU" on his second jump... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #37 December 14, 2007 Here's mine, from back in the day. I made 4 static lines and went to freefall...(I just discovered that my scanner is really messed up!) The first one was in April 1972. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpUpMyAss 0 #38 December 15, 2007 Jump No. 4: 'forgot drcp otherwise good jump'. Kinda funny when you think back on it. 'Now what was I supposed to do? Oh I remember now.......PULL THE RIPCORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpUpMyAss 0 #39 December 15, 2007 Here's mine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSBIRD 1 #40 December 15, 2007 Seems like some of you guys have a problem with measuring distance. I didn't see one damn TFTM in the whole bunch! Quite a few of them in my first logbook...wherever it is. BASE359"Now I've settled down, in a quiet little town, and forgot about everything" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #41 December 15, 2007 How come none of you old farts didn't get any video of your first jumps? For some reason everyones first page of their log book looks almost the sameJump#1 S/L? C-180? 28'doubleL? Signed off by a low jump #Don't forget "If you don't have video it never happened" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zing 2 #42 December 15, 2007 Nonsense, newbie ... we did it all with lines and mirrors.Zing Lurks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSBDeath 2 #43 December 15, 2007 Here is my 1st page, from Barnwell SC 1978. I was stationed at Ft. Gordon GA at the time. Look at jump #6, it was my first emergency exit!!! Good times, and lots of BEER!!! ArvelBSBD...........Its all about Respect, USPA#-7062, FB-2197, Outlaw 499 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #44 December 15, 2007 Quote Nonsense, newbie ... we did it all with lines and mirrors. Zing, I heard that about you...Lines on mirrors. that ws before they banned razor blades on airport property. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #45 December 16, 2007 BARNWELL, SC Excellant! Those were good times with Bobby weren't they!? Didja ever come down to the DZ in Sylvania, GA called Skydive City? jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #46 December 16, 2007 Quote Nonsense, newbie ... we did it all with lines and mirrors. Is that what the DRCP means? One Jump Wonder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #47 December 16, 2007 QuoteHow come none of you old farts didn't get any video of your first jumps? P] ....................................................................... Hell, they didn't have video, back in the day! This is as good as I can do. It's a picture exiting our clubs 180. The camera man had no helmet mt. Just freehanded his 35 mm. You had to be tough to jump in tennis shoes... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSBDeath 2 #48 December 16, 2007 Yea man good times indeed Your name is very familiar!! I am not sure if I did ever make it to your area, however; I was all over the "Carolina Council" area and may have run into you somewhere else. Here is a current (before his passing) photo of Bobby at Raeford NC. BSBD Arvel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drjump 0 #49 December 16, 2007 That must have been a "Clipped wing" C-180! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meux 0 #50 December 16, 2007 Lost my first logbook in a flood back in 98. Any chance anybody here was instructing at Titusville in Dec of 75? While home on leave for Christmas my step-father gave me 50$ for a gift. That was how much the first jump course cost. I thanked him, turned around and went straight to the airport to sign up for the course. When I got home he wasn't very excited that I'd wasted that money on a jump. Would love to know who it was that put me out. Great Thread!! MH Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
