keithbar 1 #26 April 4, 2009 Oh, and where did the canvas/velcro door go. I hope they didn't loose it, that bird gets cold in Wisconsin after November... you had velcro how progressive. the one at bardstown ky. had a zipper. DOOR! ziiiippp..i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #27 April 6, 2009 Didn't the army have some Beavers (at one time)that they flew? I knew some airborne jumpers who static lined out of one.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim_Hooper 4 #28 April 6, 2009 QuoteDidn't the army have some Beavers (at one time)that they flew? I knew some airborne jumpers who static lined out of one.... I made more than my share of early jumps out of army Beavers when I was in Germany in the 60s. v...e...r...y s...l...o...w. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piper17 1 #29 April 6, 2009 The Army operated Beavers and Otters (single engine radial engine variety) at least into the 1970s. Got a chance to jump an Army Otter at a meet at West Point around 1974."A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 6 #30 April 6, 2009 A couple of screen grabs from a 1968 movie, showing Golden Knights getting ready for a demo at the Orange, MA, parachute center. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJack 1 #31 April 6, 2009 Howard, I do beleive that's an Otter, not a Beaver as your photos are labled. Either that or an AN-2. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 6 #32 April 6, 2009 I believe, on further examination, that you're right. Too big for a Beaver. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airgord 1 #33 April 6, 2009 NICE BEAVER!! ps It's Wipaire kids!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJack 1 #34 April 6, 2009 Quote I believe, on further examination, that you're right. Too big for a Beaver. HW Gee Howard, sounds like among your other talents you are also a Gynecologist as well! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 6 #35 April 7, 2009 QuoteGee Howard, sounds like among your other talents you are also a Gynecologist as well! No. I just play one on TV. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wenger 0 #36 April 7, 2009 It is a Otter, had then the whole time I was on the Knights thru 80, around then they got U21s. 2229 and 135 were the tail numbers. One of the skys call books had one on the inside back cover I think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 6 #37 April 7, 2009 Good memory. Skies Call 2. Tied down, sunrise or sunset -- hard to tell. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjumpenfool 2 #38 April 10, 2009 QuoteHelp me undertand the tail number change, please. Change of ownership, design,...? If you look carefully at the original pic, that plane had another number which is faintly visible on the vertical stabilizer. If anyone knows how to get a hold of Hayden or Millsy, they had a pretty good history of this bird as I remember I think the “US Air Force” paint may have been put there for Air shows. Remember, these were the guys know as the “Freedom Fliers” who use to do, among other things, the Oshkosh Air show. The Freedom Fliers were originally put together by Randy Iverson and Jim Hankock. Hayden made several jumps with us before he bought the drop zone from Iverson.Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #39 April 10, 2009 I made my very first skydive out of the Beaver back in 1997 and many jumps after that. I love that plane.Judy Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
altrisk 0 #40 April 24, 2009 Will they use a floatplane for skydiving? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 6 #41 April 24, 2009 QuoteWill they use a floatplane for skydiving? I jumped out of this one many years ago at Moosehead Lake, ME. Four jumpers outside on each float. The other one is Bud Sellick, who wrote a couple of books about skydiving in the early 60s. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #42 April 24, 2009 QuoteWill they use a floatplane for skydiving? We jumped from this beaver a few times up at Blind River days on the north shore of Lake Huron. It later crashed on a fly-in fishing trip. pictured are my wife Brenda, on about her 50th jump, Jim 'Farmer' Smith and Claude 'Froggy' Lalonde. Claude did some jumping scenes for the movie 'If you could see what I hear' with Natalie Cole.If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,436 #43 April 24, 2009 Quote Will they use a floatplane for skydiving? Back in '65 or '66 ( or maybe even '67 or '68 with my memory the way it is ) the cover of PARACHUTIST had a group of the Seattle Skydivers coming off of floats. I just happened to be there that day and watched Jack Ady ( '64 Nat'l Champ ) have a very bad, long snively opening on his PC. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poppenhager 1 #44 April 26, 2009 That was a Howard Jobmaster that Jack Ady jumped from.Pop Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
