swovelin 11 #1 August 3, 2010 OK, just so that it is "properly noted in the ship's log," I must mention that I made a fun jump today Aug 2 2010 at Skydive Elsinore with my wonderful wife Barbara. That, in itself, is unremarkable. What is of somewhat greater note, at least on a personal level, is the commemoration of a previous jump, my first-ever parachute jump. On Aug. 2 1970, a skinny high-school kid came to a place called "Skylark Field" in Lake Elsinore and paid $30 to make a static-line jump on a surplus 32' round. That kid was never the same again. I want to say a big THANK YOU to the many individuals who have contributed to these absolutely amazing forty years of skydiving and BASE jumping! Also, just to note it in the ship's log, I ain't done yet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SEREJumper 1 #2 August 3, 2010 Congrats on your accomplishment! Thats a lot of years and jumps. Sounds like no better friend to share the special day with as well.We're not fucking flying airplanes are we, no we're flying a glorified kite with no power and it should be flown like one! - Stratostar Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #3 August 3, 2010 That's great! Congratulations.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanair 0 #4 August 3, 2010 congrats, made my first one Aug 17 1973 when I was 16. Hope I will be jumping for a long time. All the best. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 1 #5 August 3, 2010 Aug 11th 73Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #6 August 3, 2010 July 1st, 73. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #7 August 3, 2010 QuoteJuly 1st, 73. Newbie Aug 5 1972 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #8 August 3, 2010 QuoteQuoteJuly 1st, 73. Newbie Aug 5 1972 LOL, I wouldn't have beaten you even if I'd been allowed to jump when my Brother and I first went out to Z-Hills in November of 72. He started jumping then but my parents would not sign for me (I was 20 and the legal age in Florida at the time was 21). They (Florida) lowered the legal age to 18 on July 1st, 1973 and I made my first jump the same day. Still a newbie in this thread... ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patmoore 14 #9 August 3, 2010 Dec. 2, 1962. Dad asked what I wanted for my 16th birthday and he said, "How about a parachute jump?". I said "Why not"" and it was the start of whole lot of fun.DZGone.com B-4600, C-3615, D-1814, Gold Wings #326, Diamond Wings #152. If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim_Hooper 4 #10 August 3, 2010 Didn't anyone warn you that it could be addictive? Hoop www.jimhooper.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ripcord4 0 #11 August 3, 2010 All y'all are rookies! 1st jump....Fort Benning - November 1960 1st Skydive....June 15th, 1962 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D22369 0 #12 August 3, 2010 surplus 32' round*** I have one round jump, BRRRRR - never again, not sure I would have continued to jump if all we had was rounds and a prayer you guys and gals seriously clank when you walk. - oh, and the crazy farkers who did downwind landings on rounds for accuracy were just tough nutty bastards.Roy They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #13 August 3, 2010 Quote Quote Quote July 1st, 73. Newbie Aug 5 1972 LOL, I wouldn't have beaten you even if I'd been allowed to jump when my Brother and I first went out to Z-Hills in November of 72. He started jumping then but my parents would not sign for me (I was 20 and the legal age in Florida at the time was 21). They (Florida) lowered the legal age to 18 on July 1st, 1973 and I made my first jump the same day. Still a newbie in this thread... Wow.. good thing no one checked me thenI was SO not 21 yet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #14 August 3, 2010 Quote surplus 32' round*** I have one round jump, BRRRRR - never again, not sure I would have continued to jump if all we had was rounds and a prayer you guys and gals seriously clank when you walk. - oh, and the crazy farkers who did downwind landings on rounds for accuracy were just tough nutty bastards.Roy PFFFT... ya woosieI would like you to know that my landing gear is still 100% OEM, with no aftermarket titanium parts. I had a few hundred round jumps back in the day.... and about a dozen round jumps in this millenium ( ok ok... so most of those round jumps these days are into the water since landing those old ragged out rounds on TERRA WAY TOO FIRMA seems to hurt more than it did once upon a time) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #15 August 3, 2010 Quote surplus 32' round*** I have one round jump, BRRRRR - never again, not sure I would have continued to jump if all we had was rounds and a prayer you guys and gals seriously clank when you walk. - oh, and the crazy farkers who did downwind landings on rounds for accuracy were just tough nutty bastards.Roy I have about 350 (of 1000) round jumps. Nearly all were standup landings including my one reserve ride (26' Navy Conical). I've seen way more violent landings on current canopies than I ever saw on rounds... ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #16 August 3, 2010 When I got back from the 100 way attemps in Vancouver (Pitt Medows) I told my housr mate about a guy named Swovelin that was acting weird even for a skydiver and wearing the ugliest pair of sunglassed I had ever seen. He said, "Mrs. Swovelin had 2 sons. One was polite, courtious and well mannered. Pat was the other one." Congratulations on lasting this long. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #17 August 3, 2010 QuoteDidn't anyone warn you that it could be addictive? Hoop www.jimhooper.co.uk In every first jump course I ever gave, I ALLWAYS gave the warning. "If you're not careful, you will wind up spending50% of your time and 75% of your money skydiving." Some of the truest words I have ever spoken.Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #18 August 3, 2010 Quote surplus 32' round*** I have one round jump, BRRRRR - never again, not sure I would have continued to jump if all we had was rounds and a prayer you guys and gals seriously clank when you walk. - oh, and the crazy farkers who did downwind landings on rounds for accuracy were just tough nutty bastards.Roy D - 22369? 5 digits? What is that? It looks like a serial number on a Switlik Navy conical. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #19 August 3, 2010 Hi Jerry!!, How ya' doin'?? 40 yrs eh? Congrats. 'Need to get in touch with ya', email me yer phone #'s. Hi to Barb!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #20 August 3, 2010 so then,,, you've been jumping for more than 66 % of your life.. congratulations!!! not a lot of people who can make that claim...!!! i'm closing in on it. sept 16, 1972 # 1 airplane ride # 1 parachute jump i had just turned 19. 25 jumps or so on cheapos, just a few on PC's and the American Papillon and then, over 900 jumps on a variety of French Papillon Canopies and made # 1,000 on that type of canopy,, ('79) Had a few dozen jumps on clouds by that point, but never owned a ram air canopy til i had over a grand.... hey !!! you couldda BOUGHT a ram air canopy back then, for UNDER a Grand!!!in the 70's i had 2 reserve rides on rounds ,, one a 26 ft navy conical the other a 26 foot Strong lopo...both stand ups..looking forward to 2012... jt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swovelin 11 #21 August 3, 2010 Quote When I got back from the 100 way attemps in Vancouver (Pitt Medows) I told my housr mate about a guy named Swovelin that was acting weird even for a skydiver and wearing the ugliest pair of sunglassed I had ever seen. He said, "Mrs. Swovelin had 2 sons. One was polite, courtious and well mannered. Pat was the other one." Congratulations on lasting this long. Nick, that story is just TOO damn funny. (Said Jerry, the younger brother, the one who wasn't at Pitt meadows.) Thanks for sharing the memory! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patmoore 14 #22 August 4, 2010 Okay. Jump #11 was a Mae West on a flat circular surplus 5 TU. I hand deployed a WWII vintage 24' twill reserve and then cut away the garbage, The reserve oscillated a lot but by luck I managed to time one of the oscillations perfectly and made a standup on a concrete apron. Fifty jumps later, I had another reserve ride under the twill. This time the landing was a LOT harder....DZGone.com B-4600, C-3615, D-1814, Gold Wings #326, Diamond Wings #152. If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crustySCSA69 0 #23 August 4, 2010 Quote surplus 32' round*** I have one round jump, BRRRRR - never again, not sure I would have continued to jump if all we had was rounds and a prayer you guys and gals seriously clank when you walk. - oh, and the crazy farkers who did downwind landings on rounds for accuracy were just tough nutty bastards.Roy of 1000 jumps, they were almost ALL on a 26' Navy Conical w/4 line release (no steering holes) as a main, and guess what my reserve was ? When main got sun-damaged enuff you could rip holes in the fabric by hand, main was thrown out, reserve was unattached and installed as main, new (surplus) 26' was purchased as reserve - for about 100 dollars. My complete gear, when everything was NEW was 400 dollars. I stood up all the time, and landed in pea gravel all the time (when I spotted). It was the only INTENTIONAL round on the first 64 way formation circa 81 (they had at least 1 actual reserve per load). Why jump it ? I was cheap and it was the ABSOLUTE FASTEST opening canopy around AND there was NO pain whatsoever, zero, every time. Dump at 2200 you are open at 2000, always (unless you happened to dump a little lower, purely by accident). I did DEMOs into some very tight areas with that thing and stood up (softly) every-one. If I ever get my hands on a 26 Lopo (with no st5eering holes, or maybe sew them up), you will see it live and in action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuteless 1 #24 August 4, 2010 I made my 1st jump 48 years ago tomorrow ( Aug 5th 1962) I am glad you are still young. Old age creeps up when you least expect it. I thought I would be 40 yrs old forever. Bones break easier, heal slower, but best of everything to you, young man. Stay well. Bill Cole D-41 Canada Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paralola 0 #25 August 4, 2010 Congrats. keep on going. Aug 15, 1968 SLAlways happy to fall out of a plane Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
