Tom Hayes:
CLASS OF 1983
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Georgia Institute of TechnologyClass of 1983
Atlanta, GA
Garinger High SchoolClass of 1971
Charlotte, NC
Fishburne Military High SchoolClass of 1971
Waynesboro, VA
Charlotte Country Day SchoolClass of 1971
Charlotte, NC
Shamrock Gardens Elementary SchoolClass of 1964
Charlotte, NC
Tom's Story
Google "skydive capt36"...Next stop??? I can't believe I finally made it to 70 years old.......lol
Update 18Apr23
So far, in 41 years of jumping, I have 3544 skydives, 59 hrs/58 min/44 seconds of logged freefall, as of 17Apr23.
Saturday, 15Apr23, I was part of a new SOS World Record, 101-way. That's 101 skydivers, linked up together, all of us being over 60 years old...!! (SOS-Skydivers Over Sixty)
Sunday, 16Apr23, was our last chance to do a 'sequential', where we do two different formations, on the same jump!!....Well, we did it! A new SOS World Record, 2-point, 95-way...
Last year, we were, "The Play of the Day!", on Good Morning America....! We were 110 jumpers on most of those jumps. The one shown was 107-way......
You can see me at the 1 o'clock position, doing a 360° turn, before docking... LOL
Classmates won't let me post the URL.... idiot decision, IMHO!
Google, "Super senior skydivers attempt world record". It should pop up a Good Morning America link...
In 2017, I was a part of a formation of 110 people, all over 40 years old, that performed a three point dive, (different formations), on a single dive.
I was also on the former, 75-way record for Skydivers Over Sixty, SOS..., set in Chicago, 14Aug18
And last month, I was part of a new Georgia JOS (Jumpers Over Seventy) record, a 9-way....
I have been living in Georgia for almost 15 years now..., after 10 years of living with a sweet Dani...Expand for more
sh lady in Copenhagen, Denmark. She and I will be celebrating 27 years in love, on 12Jul23... We still Skype almost daily.....
I have finally finished this house rebuild, with the completion of a new deck out back... It just needs a Jacuzzi....lol...
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I am VERY happy that Trump lost the election, especially after his continuing lies about fraud.... I want to see him in an orange jumpsuit... LOL
I have visited all 50 states, and about 50 countries.
C0vid-19 restrictions kept bothering the restoration of my favorite DC-3 jump plane, Mr Douglas. And, I keep losing friends to old age, and accidents..... However, we now have two, 'zero-time' engines, and the second propeller was mounted 12Apr22...., along with two, new, aircraft batteries....$$$$$$
UPDATE: I was the only person allowed on the 'ferry' flight from Tullahoma, TN, to Deland, FL.... "Mr Douglas" is still being overhauled down there. We hope to be jumping out of him before the end of 2023. It was THE high point for me in 2022... Check it out on FaceBook..."The Rebirth of Mr Douglas"
Lastly, my favorite little Danish dog finally had to leave us, after 16 years.....
She has been replaced by a new dog, in the USA... Her name is "Happy", for good reason.... She was a rescue dog, that found me....lol
"What a long, strange, trip it's been..." - The Greatful Dead
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..." - Hunter S, Thompson
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