jseabury

Our friend Bob (RW) left us yesterday after a brief battle with cancer. He kept this very much to himself and continued to live the way he always did--taking his time and savoring the subtle things of life. He rode with me to Lost Prairie last summer and embraced the experience of jumping with both old and new friends and sitting in that well worn wooden chair of his taking in the view of the sunset in that beautiful valley every night. In December he went to Z-hills and jumped with his friend Mike Pilert and just four weeks ago he flew his Cessna 185 to New Mexico with Robin. On April 9th he would have been 63. Fly free Bob

I've known Jim for many years and jumped with him in Loveland a long time ago. Several times I got him to talk about his jump into Normandy during the invasion. He was in the military equivalent of a DC-3 and half a dozen of his fellow paratroopers were killed in the air from ground fire. He landed in a field several miles off course because the clouds obscured the spot. Jim was a true American hero. John Seabury

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I found the track log from ATC that shows his speed, alititude and position. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N428DC/history/20090112/0152Z/KSCD/KDTS/tracklog The plane's alititude and speed stabilized at 3800ft and about 120 to 130 kts respectively (until it crashed) which is what I would guess he jumped at. I can't imagine anyone doing this without some previous jump experience though. Did anyone find out if he was a USPA member? One more thing that I noticed is that he landed Sylacauga Municipal and was on the ground for less than 11 minutes which is not enough time to stop and start a turbine so that means he would not have fueled. Maybe he dropped off a passenger that would have picked him up after he jumped?