MikeTJumps 4 #26 April 20 It was definitely at Skydive Spaceland in League City, TX. Dave Boatman brought the Twin Otters from Metro Airlines to the skydiving center in late 1977 when I first got into the sport. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckakers 420 #27 April 21 On 3/18/2003 at 8:41 PM, smokeitdown said: One of the first Caravans was bought brand new by Dave "Cowboy" Williams around 1985. It was based in Jenkinsburg Georgia when it was not on the boogie circuit. It crashed on takeoff at Jenkinsburg that summer killing all aboard, including Williams. The NTSB sighted fuel contamination as the cause of the crash spawning rumors of conspiracy and sabotage. Well when you make international headlines after bouncing on a guy's driveway with 75 pounds of coke strapped to you, you might just piss off the Colombian drug lords you just ripped off. Pretty easy to see why there were conspiracy theories. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #28 April 22 The book Skies Call 2, has pictures of the Skyvan "The Herd" used (possibly owned?) and its first copyright date is 1979. So, it was in regular use prior to that. I believe it crashed around '80 or '81. But that was a year or so before I started so I only herd the stories of the Skyvan and "Rent a Base". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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