CPI Members
Date: 11/09/05
CPI members in front of the Norseman at Orange, circa 1968
In The Door
Date: 08/06/07
student wth JM Vic Deveau and others
Vic Deveau
Date: 11/10/05
Vic Deveau in freefall over Orange, photographed by Howard White.
CPI Boogie
Date: 11/14/05
CPI event at a small airport in northeastern Connecticut
BatesAnniversary
Date: 07/27/07
Jim and Marge celebrate a wedding anniversary
Lake Placid
Date: 09/01/06
Dan Poynter, Bill Avison, Jim Bates, Dick Barber and Pat Gorham plus a couple of local politicians in the front row. Lake Placid Labor Day meet, early seventies?
Centurym
Date: 07/27/07
Lining up for a gear check at Orage: CPI members Howard White, Vic Deveau, John Hudak, Ron Blake; Butch Rubb checking backs
Manifest
Date: 08/06/07
Static line student waiting at the manifest board.
Gear Checks
Date: 08/06/07
students at the manifest, with JM Deveau
The Thunder Chicken has Landed
Date: 11/13/05
Long-time CPI member Ron Blake (Blaq) lands his "thunder chicken" at Orange
Pete & Vic
Date: 11/10/05
Pete Peterson ("the incredible packing machine") and Vic Deveau ready to board at Orange.
Jim Gets Pinned
Date: 08/06/07
Howard White awarding Gold Wings to Jim Bates on TV
Boarding Norseman
Date: 07/27/07
Boarding the Norseman at Orange: CPI members Vic Deveau (red suit) Howard White, John Hudak, Butch Rubb
AN2-2
Date: 08/06/07
Canopy
Date: 08/06/07
AN2-1
Date: 08/06/07
This Russian/Polish plane sat on the ground for months, but the FAA never approved it for jumping. The AN-2 is still the standard jump plane in many former Iron Curtain countries
Nationals
Date: 11/15/05
Wing
Date: 08/06/07
Unidentified CPI jumper landing a Delta II parawing.
Canopy2
Date: 08/06/07
Accuracy
Date: 07/27/07
landing near the peas; the skeleton of the tobacco shed is visible
JMB GW
Date: 08/06/07
Jim Bates interviewed by Channel 3 TV getting his Gold Wings from USPA Conference Director Howard White.
