1997 – July 18-20
Location: Skydive USA – Wharton
Plane – Otters, Caravan
160 registered – 5 twenty-way teams, 3 ten-way teams, 717 jumps made, 29 it & Chug competitors
Video: Video Dude: Charlie Bordelon, Carl Carpenter, Ethan Edwards, Tony Loper, Jeff Patricio, Scott Staib, Glenn Payne
The Wharton County Sherriff’s Dept arrived at the Captain’s meeting with sirens blaring and the dives in a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. Teams were getting good enough they had no trouble with the fun stuff we threw at them which included side-by-side formations and 360 degree turns of a complete 20-way formation. I saw my thank you letter said something about the “Calypso Beach Hit & Chug Party”. I must have been busy cause I really don’t remember it, but it sounded like fun.
H&C winners:
- Steve McConathy- 11.54 sec
- Rich Conway – 11.81 sec
- Jay Tribble – 14.81 sec
Saledo Express won 10 way.
Winning Team: Deguello (Their registration form from Jack showed that, as a team, they had almost 56,000 jumps and over 261 years in the sport.)
Captain: Jack Berke
