On 6 Feb 2006 10:25:18 -0800, wrote:

Mr. Todd
Right on.....Having hauled jumpers/jumping as far back as 1959 and as a
pilot with nearly 23,000 hours, I have to agree. Have flown some real
junk over the years, and have jumped with some real junk over the
years. Have you ever seen the pic of the 13 floaters on the B-18 south
of Perris? I was the pilot of that one in 1985.
I remember one time with a high altitude jump when an oxygen bottle was
being passed back and forth, and one of the jumpers puked into the mask
and jumped....the following jumper got the puke and chased the guy to
the ground. Lyle Cameron, Duke Adair, Bob Sinclair, me, and some others
that I'll recall with time..... Duke was laughing so hard he didn't
feel the guys whipping on his stupid ass......
What ever happened to the old days besides being part of history?

You know, one the worst things about hauling sky divers is that about
half way to reaching altitude, they fart. You can open the doors, all
of the windows, and stick your head out of the airplane. For some
reason, the smell sticks to you. And you're only half way to the
altitude to let them out.

Mike Weller