On Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 6:14:35 PM UTC-8,
mikean...@gmail.com wrote:
He's a horrible person. I'm glad he's gone from this world. I was one of the people in the plane (18 years old) who survived because I didn't jump first. Lee died and I was saved. FAA says my chute would not have opened either.
In 2015 I think it was, maybe 2016, I stopped at his airfield en route to Seaside OR for some ham radio event. That was the last time I saw him, as he died soon afterwards.
It sounds like you have a story to tell, and I encourage you to tell it behind the security of your keyboard,
Back in the mid-'80s we jumped into the Flying M Ranch from the Sheridan strip as usual on a Sunday, ordered breakfast and packed our rigs inside on the hardwood floor while conversing with the locals, then had a pleasant breakfast, a very good time.
On the return trip to Sheridan, I was the only jumper and on exit laid on my back to wave at an 8-or-so year old passenger who was watching my exit. When I opened the Strato Cloud with heavy lines in the Wunder Schwein with a belly band, which I still
have, a tension know caused me to use the Strong LoPo 26. The training and 100+ round experience paid off nicely (thanks Frank Daley), and I landed alongside the Sheridan runway.
I asked Teddy if he could provide a repack, which he did for $15. I watched him as he did it, hopped in my car and headed for home in central WA. I stopped in Issaquah and left the rig for a repack with Frank for another $15 on the same day.
No regrets at all, just thankful for a good Master Rigger. $ is just $, and we all make responsible choices. If you don't know a rigger, always ask them to show their FAA Airman Certificate which is a wallet-size card; I have A&P, or you can look it up
yourself at
https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/Main.aspx
Tony
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