roadracer

Steve - March of '74 it was. just as you stated. I could go on forever about the people and the environment of those days. My body is definitely giving me signals about how I beat myself up with lots of PC, Piglet and Strato-Flyer openings and landings, before going to better equipment. Yea, Elevator was a "hoot". I was on the first load that he ever flew as a jump pilot. He was only 16!!! I was a little concerned, but he was a very conscientious and skilled pilot. Good to hear from you and I'm glad you're having a good time as a reincarnated skydiver. Stay Safe, Jack

Steve - I hung up my rig back in '86, but I still try to keep up with as much as I can with what's happening in the skydiving community. My brother and sister continued to skydive a few years after that. I remember that you did a good job on the load with the amont of jumps that you had at the time. I'll look at my logbooks to see when we jumped together at Sheridan. Since haniging it up, I've been doing closed course roadracing in the Northwest for the past 15 years. I guess I got burned out after witnessing losts of injuries and bounces at Sheridan and also loosing a lot of friends on the Loadstar crash in Arlington Wa. Small world....huh?

Steve - Wow!!! does this bring back memories. I'm the one in the white jumpsuit with the black stars. I remember that I was so nervous closing on the star, because I knew that it was being filmed by the fampous Ray cottingham. Actually this was the 2nd All Collegeate star. I had a 16mm film of the jump, but rarely showed it because of my sloppy dock on the star. B.J. showed it a lot in those days and it took a long time to clean up my reputation. After tom Sullivan died, I gave the film to his wife, Jan. Maybe she still has it. blue skies.... Jack DeChristopher ACE 13 (I think.....I'll have to find my card)

Reading your post brought back many memories. I can't believe I stumbled on to this forum to find that a lot of my skydiving history was being discussed. All of us who knew Ted Mayfield and jumped at Sheridan could not believe his negligence and disregard for safety and human life. I'm glad that the last few years with the 8 way team in Seattle that I jumped at Issaquah instead of Sheridan. Unfortunately, I lost 9 of my best friends on the Loadstar crash in Arlington Wa after we got back from the Netionals. I should have been on that load, but at the last minute, before I pulled out of my driveway, I got a weird feeling, so I unloaded my van and stayed home that weekend. It saved my life.....but it also changed my life. Stay safe......