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SPECIALS GOOD JANUARY 18-19-20 1962
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By RONNIE BOOKMAN
Battalion News. Editor
How many ways are there to
jump out of an airplane? Not
too many, probe.hly, but 27 An
gies, calling theimselves the Texas
A&M Parachut'e Club, have found
a new twist.
As each o>ae exits straight down
from an average of 7,000 feet the |i
familiar “•Geronimo!” is not to
be heard* A hearty “Gig ’em!”
has takcoi over.
“Thifj isn’t a diversion for luna
tics,” Bob Richards, ’61, official
Parachute Club of America safety
offi.eer, is quick to tell the curi-
oua. “It’s a sport, with definite
roles and regulations, just like
baseball or football.”
Richardson, a veteran of some
53 jumps, has been an avid para
chutist since February of 1961. He
is not an officer of the A&M club,
but a representative of the nation
al organization.
On Jan. 7 Richardson and Tom
Carpenter, ’62, club president,
completed the difficult “baton
pass.” Both men jumped from
12,500 feet and then maneuvered
close enough 4.0 each other to pass
a baton, slightly over a foot long,
between them before pulling their
rip cords.
The A&M organization is not
an official campus club. But, they
are trying for recognition. They
have their own clubhouse, at Bry
an’s Coulter Field, and are now
in the process of buying their own
plane, a Cessna 170.
Other club owned equipment in
cludes 22 pai*achutes, jumping hel
mets and packing tables.
Since the club’s beginning in
October of last year, they have
sustained only one minor injury,
a sprained arm. All of the mem
bers have made at least one jump.
The A&M Parachute Club has
applied for Parachute Club of
America recognition and is also
qualified and has applied for Na
tional Collegiate Parachute League
affiliation.
“Actually, the sport of skydiv
ing is much, much safer than deer
hunting, or even football,” said
Richardson. “When you consider
how many people were killed while
deer hunting or playing high
school football last year alone,
there is no doubt of the safety of
the sport.”
According to the club members,
the extreme emphasis on safety
and the rigid following of safety
regulations is responsible for the
low accident rate.
“Before we allow anyone to
jump the applicant has to meet
physical requirements as . well as.
complete the PCA approved train
ing course for beginners,” Rich
ardson continued. “The novice
cuts his teeth on static line jumps
in which the rip cord is automati
cally pulled for him. Then he
progresses to the free falls, where
he waits for a certain interval be
fore pulling his cord.”
Dave Mueller, ’62 from Dallas,
assistant group leader of one of
the club’s three groups, listed the
progression of free fall jumps for
beginners.
“The first free fall attempted is
the five-second delay in which the
jumped waits for five seconds be
fore opening,” he said. “The new
jumpers must do three of these
perfectly before going on to the
ten-second delay. After three of
these he must do 15-second delays,
and then on to 20-second, 30-sec
ond and 60-second delays.”
During the delay time the jump
er may execute maneuvers such as
glides, loops, barrel rolls, smoke
bomb maneuvers and baton passes.
Another maneuver is spot jump
ing, or trying to hit a predeter
mined target by controlling the
parachute’s drift.
Lt. Col. Jack Rose, of College
Station, is serving as unofficial
sponsor for the club. Rose is a
senior parachutist and is currently
advisor to the Army reserve in
Bryan.
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Bob Richardson, ’61 (back to camera) confers with pi
Jim Werner, ’62 before a jump. Richardson, a Paraciiit
Club of America safety officer with 53 jumps, supervis
safety procedures in the A&M Parachute Club. (Photo'
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