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You never know who you will meet when you jump from an airplane. Photo by Doug Beck |
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Stories - Siskiyou Smokejumper BaseHistoric Siskiyou Smokejumper Base, Cave Junction, Oregon
Short Stories Shroud Line Caper: A clever way to write your name in fresh cement... Ice Cream Drop: Creating great memories from a routine job... Ghost Parachutes: A raging fire launches parachutes into the sky... Potato Bomb: A sack of potatoes practically destroys a wood stove... Rescue Jump: The drama and rigor faced by smokejumpers... Pump House Dangle: Creative ways to get a job done... Mouse and the Corpse: A hilarious story told by Mouse Owens.... Moon Trees: A Siskiyou smokejumper becomes an astronaut and takes tree seeds to the moon... Parachute oddities: I steered backwards while my parachute went up....
History Articles Journey of a Jump Tower: Where it came from and where it went to... Smokejumper Aircraft: Planes that were used in the first ten years of Siskiyou Smokejumper Base operations... Narrow Gauge Trail: An unusual trail designed for an unusual truck... Illinois Valley Airport: An ordinary airfield with an extraordinary future... Smokejumper Airplane Crash: Smokejumpers watch as their plane goes down... Oregon's First Smokejumper Base: Cave Junction is home to Oregon's first smokejumper base... Training Smokejumpers: A discussion about the devices used to train smokejumpers at the Siskiyou Base...
More History Siskiyou Smokejumper Base TIME LINE
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