starkmtn 0 #1 March 3, 2014 Any old-schoolers know what this would be for? Someone signed my logbook "GE [number]" and we have a friendly bet that I can't find out what it means. :)"You guys should just do CRW. There are so many more ways to get killed, it makes a CYPRES seem safe." -Kevin Keenan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #2 March 4, 2014 It's probably a Golden Eagle number. If I recall, it was for being in a 65 way or larger formation. They dropped the Eagle awards a long time ago. I have GE #124. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #3 March 4, 2014 Hi Jim A great trivia question and answer. What year did you get your #125 and where ? Now if we can just fill in the blanks: The year the G.E. numbers were first issued How many were issued Who issued the number's. I'm old and still learn new stuff every day One Jump Wonder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,354 #4 March 4, 2014 Hi jim, Quote It's probably a Golden Eagle number. If I recall, it was for being in a 65 way or larger formation. I really no longer remember exactly but I thought it was for a 4-point 8-way jump. I have some number for it, somewhere.JerryBaumchen PS) And I think the Golden Falcon was an 8-point 4-way jump. And I have that one somewhere; heck, maybe they are in the same place. Now where . . . . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #5 March 4, 2014 There were a number of Eagle and Falcon awards. There was a Falcon (4 point 4 way), Double Falcon (8 point 4way), Eagle (2 point 8 way), Double Eagle (4 point 8 way), Silver Falcon (36 way or larger), and the Golden Eagle (64 way or larger). They used to put them on your membership cards. Looks like I got my Falcon thru Double Eagle in '87 at California City, and my Silver Falcon and Golden Eagle in '96 at Elsinore. I quit doing big ways when it became something you had to pay big money for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,354 #6 March 4, 2014 Hi jim, Thanks for the correction. I had forgotten the details. It ain't easy getting old, JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoobrothertom 5 #7 March 4, 2014 Back then we used to joke that I had my Double Pigeon Award. Four points of grip switching your one way! ____________________________________ I'm back in the USA!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #8 March 5, 2014 Me and another experienced jumper would drag out 2 novices in a four way, grip switch just slow enough to do 4 clear points and then send them off to buy beer in exchange for signatures on their Falcon form. Really made me look forward to sunset load! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #9 March 5, 2014 At the summer meeting in 2005 the BOD retired a whole bunch of awards. Sparky Performance Awards The committee reviewed statistics for the performance award program as well as input solicited from the membership survey. The low member participation indicates that the membership has moved beyond this program. Consideration was given to each set of awards separately. Motion 50: Passed 13/1 (Ms. Murdock) (Mr. Quaintance – Against) “Move to retire the USPA Freefall Awards to include the Falcon, Eagle, Double Falcon, Double Eagle, 36-way Silver Falcon, and 64-way Golden Falcon on December 31, 2005 unless we run out of stock sooner.” Motion 51: Passed 12-2 (Ms. Murdock) (Mr. Quaintance, Ms. Meyer – Against) “Move to retire the USPA Canopy Freefall awards to include the 4 stack, night 4 stack, Canopy Crest Recipient, Canopy Crest Soloist, Night CCR, and Night CCS not later than December 31, 2005 or until stock runs out.”My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starkmtn 0 #10 March 6, 2014 Thanks everyone for the help! :D"You guys should just do CRW. There are so many more ways to get killed, it makes a CYPRES seem safe." -Kevin Keenan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #11 March 6, 2014 starkmtn Thanks everyone for the help! :D You're welcome very welcome. Any subject works for me to knock the DB thread from the top slot foe even a short time. I wouldn't stoop to a shameless bump just to take their slot on the number one position on the hit parade. If we could find someone on the east coast to post with us....... One Jump Wonder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBCOOPER 5 #12 April 1, 2014 Got grief for doing that. I would bump the oldest thread in history and trivia just to bump them down a notch.Replying to: Re: Stall On Jump Run Emergency Procedure? by billvon If the plane is unrecoverable then exiting is a very very good idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdobleman 0 #13 April 24, 2014 Although this thread probably has the correct info, back in the early 80's, before the USPA awards started, a couple at Antioch Parachute Center in California started their own Golden Eagle awards and gave out membership cards. As memory serves you had to get kiss pass from another Golden Eagle to join. Just in case this is the GE # source and you win your bet. 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
DocMallard 0 #14 August 13, 2014 I still have my Golden Eagle Patch. Number 166. I suspect probably one of the last one's. A jumper needed to be kissed by two other Golden Eagles on the same dive. My honors were done by Jill Scheidel, and Joanne Duchene on Jump number 37! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocMallard 0 #15 August 13, 2014 Here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203909892730460&set=a.10203851502870750.1073741831.1315772503&type=3&theater Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
