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Thanks Brother, I will give her a call. She will be very surprised to hear from me. I was given an award, and credited her and Jose Malave in my acceptance speech. I remember Susie telling me I would not remember her, but now I get to prove her wrong. Little did she know what she taught me about life I would use it to save others. Thanks again. zulu

Thank you so much! She looks the same now as she did when I first met her in 94. Her daughter is a striking image of her as well. It will be good to talk to her and give her the good news. Thanks again! zulu

Sorry, I do not have facebook or any social media. I'll find another way to contact them, thanks. z

Hello All, It has been awhile and I miss the airtime. I am trying to locate Jose Malave, he was my first Jump Master back at Campbell and Susie Hanks who brought me into the world of skydiving. In my culture when we receive recognition for our actions we seek those who mentored us. I would like to thank them personally. Please feel free to pass on my information to them, they will remember me. Zulu

Sorry Mate, I do not have pictures yet, but I will take some in a few days. I would like to get rid of it simply because it is no longer in production. Collins Griffin, I believe is his name was the manufacture of he canopy. To my understanding he has passed away some time ago and Aeroglide, the name of the company is no longer in business. I had a Sabre 150 and it flew perfect as I loved the two stage flare and it was easy to fly. Now that I am returning back into jumping I would like a Sabre 135 or something similar as I am not sure about the Griffin. I have jumped it a few times, but I do remember not being able to flare it as good as the Sabre. And yes it is weird looking.

Does anyone have any experience with a Griffin 135 Canopy? I have one in my rig and getting back into jumping. I have searched for information, but I understand the canopy is no longer in production. Any information would be helpful, thanks! zulu

Hello my skydiving family, After years of traveling the world as Uncle Sam's Rook I am finally returning to home to my skydiving family. I remember meeting my first instructors Susie Hanks and Gary Parrish (RIP) who sent me out to get Burger King for the Pilots on Son DZ. I still remember my first jump with Jose Malave, who made my first jump one of my most memorable experience. I remember my first Birdman flight with Scott Campos, Katie Sell, and Chuck Blue. To this day that picture still hangs on my wall of a reminder of the best times I had at Raeford DZ. Its time to get back into the healing process and I cannot think of a better way to do so than get back into the air. For me, Skydiving was my medicine in between the 2 way rifle ranges, and one of the most effective ways to deal with the past. I now reside in Germany and it's good to be back. Anyone in Germany let me now and lets link up. zulu

It has been a while since I was able to come back to this site, I'm busy playing the in the box at the moment. I just read in the Stars and Strips about CSM Harry Parrish. The sadness that engulfed me was immense and my level of anger is even more so. How do good people continue to die when we have others much more deserving. CSM Parrish to me was one of the most caring and understanding leaders I ever met. Let me explain to you how someon like him meant so much to a pion like me. Many years ago Fort Campbell on an early Saturday morning I saw something buzz my window. I jumped up and saw parachutes flying by. Immediately I put on my clothes and ran down to Son DZ. Yeah I know, its not there anymore, a shame right? So I arrived at the DZ and who did I meet? CSM Harry Parrish, Suzie Hanks, Auto, K-man, and Jose Malave. Harry as he wanted me to call him welcomed me like I was one of the jumpers. Suzie was the mother of the DZ and did the same. Funny thing, I thought Harry and Suzie were a couple because they ran the club so well. Harry explained to me he could train me right away but being afraid of heights I said I would wait. Many of you who knew me back then, know I was f!@#$ terrified of heights. But every weekend I would show up and Harry and Suzie would encouraged me to learn to Skydive. I was a DZ goofer going to get lunch for the pilots. I remember everyone giving up 2 bucks to buy the BlackHawk Pilots lunch. Harry sat me down and convinced me to learn. Suzi was the "MOM" reinforcing what "DAD" just said. I was given the following Friday off and Suzie was my instructor. Harry would watch me jump and tell me how to control my canopy. Since then, I became a religious sky junkie. I remember, Harry telling me I would forget him, but he was wrong. I have remembered him and everyone else mentioned everytime I exited an aircraft. Because of Harry, I learned to control my fear of heights. Since then I have competed in several Skydive Competitions and placed first with a Team at the Goldknights Invitational. I have done exhibition jumps as the team leader during football games. And I have done several high altitude night jumps. All because of the time Harry took to expose me into the world of skydiving. Harry, thank you for taking the extra time to develop me into the Soldier I am today. Thank you for teaching me to trust my equipment and most of all have fun. I will miss you and will continue to remember you everytime I exit the aircraft. Blue skies CSM Harry Parrish, Blue skies, z

This is funny. I grew up in Germany so its normal there. In college someone asked me at a social and I replied with yeah, I'm a lesbian. :)

Gents Mayra IS NOT A MAN! Yes I can vouch for her and oh yeah she is every bit of a woman and then some. I do understand how you all made the ASSumption however trust me, she is ALL WOMAN (got to back to brazil, its truly a short mans paradise)

One of the girls on a trip to San Paolo, Brazil.

Hey Ed my good buddy, how the hell are you? I'm in "sands" at the moment playing the "I'm here to take your oil" role LMAO No just kidding but I am in the sands. WTF happened to Parkton? You still jumping with no boots? Miss you bro, send me your addy and I will keep in touch. I should be back at Bragg sometime this year. I will be at SOMTB for school. We have go to hook up old man. I could use some more mentoring. zulu

I TOTALLY CONCUR WITH YOUR STAMTEMENT!!! Thank you. If only there were many women like you, I might have enjoyed college life much better. The world needs like minds such as yours. zulu

are you freaking kidding me.......of course not! Well hold on...... wait a second.......let me check one more time........SHIT the !@#$ing mirror just confirmed I do not qualify for that tittle......bloody racist mirror!

Good for you bro. I can't say I liked it there however the only thing that kept me sain was the skydiving when they used to have the Ft. Campbell sport parachute club. Jose Malave, Susie Hanks, Harry Parris, Auto, Kman and the bunch they were my first instructors. Every weekend it was Blackhawk jumps and they were free. As fast as you can pack determined the amount of jumps you made. Pilots were screaming to fly for us. Then we went to Hoopers lane to to eat (Joses favorite food Calzones) It was there that I started jumping and I've been addicted ever since. Andrew, Mike, Johnny R, all I used to do a lot of training with those guys. Back then at Campbell on Son Dz that was the best thing going. If I was speeding on 41A on my Kawasaki, I was on the DZ. Man what good times that was.