Comments: How many of you old timers are still around and how many of you would like to do it one more time? Give me a holler. Wes D-87
Comments: How great a site this. As all older jumpers know so well, the adventure never leaves us and still remember as if it was yesterday. Started skydiving in Dickinson with Doc Anagnostis, Dave Boatman, Jack Joerns, Susie Joerns, Carlos Wallace, Martha Huddleston, George Sage, Bob Williamson, Bottrells, Daryl Galloway, Harvey Stewart, Lee Umsheid, Clyde Wallace and others. San Marcos with Mike Mullen, Carl Best, Don Lofton and Moe Sinclair and others. Then in the Army with the Ft Sam Houston Skydiving Team was Jerry Seel, Mike Cerasoli, Rusty Rees, Frank Rodriquez, David Drake. At Ft Hood was Claude Pepin, Tom Boravicka, Ken Rolen, Bill Beach, Gary Franciosi, Gene Ritchie and others. Then the Golden Knights for a short time due to a knee injury and later blew it out completely at Clear Springs Texas. Doing stand ups with Crossbows and PCs is tough. Still remember how great some of them were such as Charlie Harris, Leo Kryske Joe Gonzales, Chuck "Flea" Aguilar, Bob McDermott, Gene Thacker, Al Solis. Got to fly to Zephyr Hills on General Conway's plane which was a thrill for a young trooper. Also the fun at the Wolverine Bar where I witnessed my first streak and will keep the Knights name a secret. Not sure if this qualifies as a pioneer, but had the chance to be friends with and jump with many great early skydivers.
Comments: Jumped in HI from 1967 to 1969,(C 5152) looking for anyone from that time.... Especially Clyde "Sonny" Orr or his brother Dale
Comments: Well, I just found this web site and I am ecstatic. As a kid I remember so many of you. Oh, my gosh to see Barb Roquemore, not sure if she would remember the toe-head blond daughter of Harry & Lou Johnston. Course I've grown out of that blond.
Jerry Rouillard, if you only knew how excited my sister Lynn would get when we knew you would be in town and having dinner at our home. I remember how my parents would have to kick her under the table to quit starring at you.
Sadly, both mom & dad are gone as well as many other members of the team. I do keep in contact with a few of the guys from the team and I always love to hear the stories. I was literally born and raised into sport skydiving, as I will admit my age of 49yrs young and like many of you have enjoyed seeing the sport evolve over the years.
I look forward to keeping in contact with this web site, as I would love to hear from any of you.
Sincerely, Mary Ann Johnston youngest daughter of Harry & Lou Johnston Johnston's Parachute Team, Phx, AZ
Comments: Made my first jump at Sicily DZ, Ft Bragg, 16 January 71 out of a UH1H. Bill Knotts was my JM.
I have some sad news to report.
Skip Gallagher, who (active duty) managed the XVIII Corps SPC then and trained most of in that time period (under Bobby Horn) was killed 13 September 2011 in Wichita KS due to a dual malfunction (apparently. Still under investigation) Skip had over 4000 jumps and was a Viet Nam veteran of the 101st Airborne.'
Blue skies, Skip, |
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