patworks 5 #1 December 20, 2010 Hey. This month marks 50 years since I started jumping in 1961 in Houston with Ed Fitch. :-)Pat Works nee Madden Travis Works, Jr .B1575, C1798, D1813, Star Crest Solo#1, USPA#189, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 14 #2 December 20, 2010 Pat, Congrats on a fine run in our fine sport. Best wishes for the next 50. Thanks for all that you have given back. Kevin Keenan SCR 3022 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patmoore 14 #3 December 20, 2010 Congrats Pat! Ironically, our D numbers are one digit apart and I just passed my 48th anniversary. I'm attaching a photo I took of Doc Fitch at the Nationals in Marana in 1969 Pat MooreDZGone.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
SCR216 2 #4 December 20, 2010 Congrats Pat. I can remember when you were a kid. From what I can tell, you still fly like a kid. Keep it up KID! Regards, Dennis Henley SCR-216, CC-17 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #5 December 20, 2010 Congrats Pat...and from a n00b that 'grew up' reading your missives through the years~ THANKS for all you've done for us and given to the sport! Enjoy the next 50!! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaTTT 2 #6 December 20, 2010 Congrats, Pat - and many more to you!"Even in a world where perfection is unattainable, there's still a difference between excellence and mediocrity." Gary73 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #7 December 20, 2010 Congratulations Pat. It has always been an honor to have known you and to have jumped with you. I still cherish the set of “signed” drawing you gave me at the POS’s banquet in the mid 80’s. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggermick 7 #8 December 21, 2010 QuoteHey. This month marks 50 years since I started jumping in 1961 in Houston with Ed Fitch. :-) Congrats Pat!! Well done! how are both you and Jan? Miss you guys. Mick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #9 December 21, 2010 Hi Pat, 50 years eh? Time sure flyz when yer' havin' too much FUN!! I'm right behind ya', 'started in '64 over east of ya' in Hammond La., Southland Skydivers. Congrats on spanning the years draggin' all that nylon thru the sky!! Big Blue Skyz to ya' Buddy,SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanair 0 #10 December 21, 2010 Congrats!!!! I have a good shot at 60 or dare I hope 70. Made my first at 16 in 1973, so maybe if I can keep dodging the reaper who knows, anyway congrats on your milestone. And I still have my copy of "The Art of Freefall RW" from 1975. You taught me alot! Thanks, Van Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #11 December 21, 2010 Congratulations Pat... Who are you again?????? “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #12 December 21, 2010 "Gravity is a geometrical phenomenon, and we are doing geometrical things with potentially definable velocities..." - United We Fall Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 1 #13 December 21, 2010 Congrats. I'll have a beer to your next 50.Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #14 December 21, 2010 Quote "Gravity is a geometrical phenomenon, and we are doing geometrical things with potentially definable velocities..." - United We Fall "The skydive experience transcends normal existence. Freefall presents us with the opportunity to enter a joyful condition of flow. We skydive intricate dances on wings made of earth-pushed wind. The music of our sky dance is the rhythm of its flow." I copied that into the logbook I used in college...thank you C.G. Godfrog! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #15 December 21, 2010 How come we don't see that kind of writing any more? No one else does it like Pat did... Just like that lame poetry that is featured in "Parachutist" each month now - where's the poetry like the stuff that appeared in "Skies Call I"? No one is doing that any more... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dudeman17 335 #16 December 21, 2010 Congratulations on 50 years!! I was one of BJ's proteges from Mammoth. Came down on a trip he organized and made my first couple of jumps in '79. Went back up the hill. The next summer I came back down, went thru student and made 50 jumps or so. Next winter went back up the hill and took 'The Art of Freefall Relative Work' and 'United We Fall' with me. Used to sit on chairlifts and stare at the sky... Good luck on many more, you guru you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #17 December 21, 2010 Back in 1978 I was serioulsy thinking of giving up skydiving. I'd been jumping for three years already but I was moving around a lot. And was getting sick and tired of how "cliquish" the sport was back then. I recall finally being asked onto a decent load at Lake Elsinore, after a year of pretty much getting the silent treatment. This was when people took RW soooo seriously and of course I badly screwed up the dive. I still remember the stink eye I was getting on the walk in. And when Larry Fatino walked up to me I was hoping for some help, a bit of advice, maybe a tip or two. But what I got was a snarl and this, "Go over the hill to Perris and practice for about a year. Then maybe you can come back here and get on the hot loads!" Not long after I picked up a copy of your "UWF" and after reading it (maybe 4 times straight through) decided I wasn't going to let the bastards keep me down. And I carried that book in my kit bag until the pages fell out. And to say that you, Pat, made a difference in the course of my life would be an understatement. And I dare say it wasn't just me, there are wholesale generations of us! NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #18 December 21, 2010 Congratulations Pat! May you have 50 more. I still brag to people about how I once made a few jumps with Pat Works. Thanks for having patience with me. I still can't free-fly, but maybe I'll try it again some day.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #19 December 21, 2010 Nick, I'm glad you didn't quit jumping. Thanks for putting into words what many of us feel. I quit jumping about three years back. I decided I wasn't enjoying R.W. much, partly because my skin wasn't thick enough. Maybe I need to read some more of Pat's writing.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guru312 0 #20 December 21, 2010 QuoteGood luck on many more, you guru you! From one guru to another...so to speak: Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could celebrate 60 years in the sport? My first jump: June 1960. XVIII Airborne Corps SPC Ft Bragg, NC while with the 82nd Airborne. Mr. Works. your works inspired us all. Thank you!Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #21 December 21, 2010 Congratulations Pat! Proud to know you and tickled to death to find out I'm mentioned in "UWF." If you make to to Deland or Z-Hills, let me know and I will come up to say hi if possible! ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manchuso 3 #22 December 22, 2010 Hi Pat, Congrats on your 50th! I´ve kept my copy of "the art of freefall RW" and read it every once in a while; I still find it a most enjoyable reading. Many more years to you and do keep up the writing Blue skies, Rafael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patworks 5 #23 December 22, 2010 Pat Works nee Madden Travis Works, Jr .B1575, C1798, D1813, Star Crest Solo#1, USPA#189, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guru312 0 #24 December 22, 2010 Quote I must say I never expected to see you speechless.Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdobleman 0 #25 December 23, 2010 Congratulations, Pat. You and Scratch are my role models. I tell new kids that I've been skydiving half my life but it doesn't compare to you, unless you're 100. ( You're not, are you?) Keep it up so I can join you on the JOE record in the future. madjohn Main goals in life: Be on the "Jumpers Over Eighty" (JOE) World Record and attend the Lost Prairie Boogie once after I'm gone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
