Paul Schissler,and Willy.
Paul Schissler,and Willy.
Tom Jones jumper,pilot.
Lilly Jane Weineger,first 5,or 10 sec delay.( later killed in car crash)
L-R Guy lecher, Gorden Montief, Nora Straley( later to be my girlfriend) Ron
Freeze, Deke Sonichson, (Cal Club founder) at the old Livermore skyranch Circa
1958,or1960.Aeronca Sedan in it's original colors. Prior to that we were using
a rented Cessna 180,and a luscomb.
Here's a picture I thought the club might be interested in having. It was Gene
Ballard's 1,000th jump, first attempt was a 10 way, base got taken out. Second
attempt was a 8 way and SCR patch for me.
Names Left to right: Al Silver, Bob Hall, Bill Owens, (can't remember), Pete
Kalthoff, Tony Varney, Gene Ballard, ? Wilcox. This was early 70s. Have more
oldies if you are interested.
Blue skies,
Capn. Willy