Since this is the page I update most often I have decided to make it the home page. These photos are in reverse numerical order so that the latest Hellfish are at the top of the page. If you would like your photo added please email it to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ....Marty MacDonald (HF#2)
Hellfish #1269 - Hunter King in a C-182 (?) over Air Capitol Drop Zone in Rose Hill, Kansas (Suburb of Wichita) |
Hellfish #1269 - Sitting in the Cessna with Man's best friend - can you name that breed? | Hellfish #1269 - Hunter King Looking good over Wichita, KS | Hellfish #1269 - Hunter King getting ready to make a jump out of a Bell 412 (? or is it a 205A?) |
Hellfish #1214 - Stephen Joyce (right) in line to load up the C-47 and make a static line military jump |
Hellfish #1214 Stephen Joyce holding the right end of the banner in front of the WWII vintage "Tico Bell" C-47 tail dragger. This plane is part of the training at X-35 Airborne School in Dunellen,FL |
The 747 MP Company. SPC Stephen Joyce in the middle with HF # 1202 - SPC Garrett Doonan on the right in service during Operation Iraqi Freedom. | Hellfish #1214, Stephen Joyce (above the word fish on the banner) with SFC Michael Geary (above the word Hell on the banner) the leader of the 747 MP's and the creator of the Fighting Hellfish and of Hellfish Haven!!! This photo was taken at Hellfish Haven in Boston (MA) |
Hellfish #1268 - Michael Angerstein in Freefall over Midwest Freefall (Ray, MI) | Hellfish #1268 walking in with a huge smile on his face at Midwest Freefall (Ray, MI) | Michael Angerstein | Michael Angerstein - 2-strokes rule!! |
Hellfish #1267 - Andrey Vatulak at the packing mats at Midwest Freefall (Ray, MI) | Hellfish #1267 - Andrey Vatulak is 3rd from the left. Other Hellfish in this photo are Keith Williams (left) - HF #1177, Ron Davidson (2nd from left) - HF #1265, Marty MacDonald (3rd from right) - HF #2, Steve (2nd from right) HF #1184 | Left to Right: Alex Mihelich, Steve (green), Marty and Andrey | Post dive at Midwest Freefall. L to R: Ron D., Andrey, Marty, Steve and Alex. |
Hellfish #1266 - Tyler Jones at Skydive Tecumseh (MI) during his A-License training | Hellfish #1266 - Tyler Jones (middle with blue helmet) with his Raw Dogs CReW Teammates @ Skydive Tecumseh | Hellfish #1266 - Tyler Jones (arrow) executing a triple downplane. Very impressive!! | Hellfish #1266 - Tyler had a life long desire to skydive. Here he is at 13 years old getting the feel of the gear. |
Hellfish #1265 - Ron Davidson at Midwest Freefall with Marty MacDonald (HF#2) and Josh Nelson | Hellfish #1265 - Ron Davidson getting ready to exit over Midwest Freefall in Southeast Michigan | Ron Davidson docked on Josh Nelson, part of a 4-way | Hellfish #1265 - Ron getting some jumps at Z'Hills (FL) |
Hellfish #1264 - Craig "Fox" Chacon. Looks like some Cessa182 skydiving |
Dr.Stephanie (HF#1263) and Craig (HF# 1264) | Stephanie and Craig over Skydive Temple (TX). | Craig and Stephanie |
Hellfish #1264 - Craig "Fox" Chacon & Hellfish #1263 - Dr.Stephanie Sigler |
Stephanie & Craig | Craig (HF#1264) & Stephanie (HF#1263) | Craig (HF#1264) & Stephanie (HF#1263) |
Hellfish #1262 - Chris Christman at Midwest Freefall (MI) | Hellfish #1262 - Chris Christman has (68) Military Static Line jumps as a Paratrooper | Hellfish #1262 - Chris over Midwest Freefall | Hellfish #1262 - Looking good Chris!! |
Hellfish #1261 - Toni Montoya | Hellfish #1261 - Toni Montoya (3 O'Clock in black) doing a 4-Way over ? Looks like Sebastian (FL). | Hellfish #1261 - Toni Montoya on a helicopter jump. | HF # 1261, Toni Montoya with HF #1260 - Jason Spencer |
Hellfish #1260 - Jason "Ocho" Spencer with HF #1262 - Toni Montoya | Hellfish #1260 - Jason Spencer calls Lake Wales (FL) his home DZ but he jumps all over the U.S. | Hellfish #1260 - Jason Spencer receiving his AFFI Certification | Hellfish #1260 - Jason Spencer displaying the skills that Hellfish are known for - trips to the ER |
Hellfish #1259 - Drew Hansen getting ready to load the Carvan at Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI | Drew (HF #1259) with John MacDonald (HF #1 - aka "Supreme Commander" of The Flying Hellfish) | Drew getting ready to open the door at altitude. | Drew (neon green helmet) with John MacDonald ( with 90's style frap hat) in freefall over Midwest Freefall |
Hellfish # 1258 - Craig Conboy - Jumping out of Skydive Charlevoix. The geographic feature in the photo is actually Northport Point on the Northern end of the Leelanau Penninsula across Grand Traverse Bay from Lake Charlevoix. | Craig (HF #1258) getting a great view of the Dust Devils at Skydive Arizona on the way to altitude | Craig received his college diploma in May of 2022 | Craig served as a Nuclear Technician on nuclear powered ships in the Navy. |
Hellfish #1257 - Maxwell Dommer - is a packer as well as jumper at Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI | Hellfish #1257 - Maxwell (far right) with Christina Allison (left - HF #967), Rachel Kennedy (2nd from left - HF#1178), and Mike Claus (2nd from right - HF#1179) dresssed for a chilly spring jump | Maxwell (right) exiting the Cessna 182 over Midwest Freefall | Maxwell doing an angle dive out of the Caravan at Midwest FF. |
Hellfish #1256 - Ariel Sosa IV is an Instructor at I-Fly Detroit (in Novi, MI). |
Hellfish #1256 - Ariel calls Skydive Grand Haven (MI) his home DZ. This doesn't look like Grand Haven to me (with one whole jump there) - but Ariel tells me it is!! | Hellfish #1256 - Ariel sosa IV | Hellfish #1256 - Ariel Sosa IV at Skydive Grand Haven |
Hellfish #1255 - Jacob Dudley and a friend who looks like she is going to make a tandem jump. | Jacob (in the center) receiving his A License at Skydive Tecumseh in Napoleon, MI | Jacob gearing up for a no-jumpsuit jump at Skydive Tecumseh | Jacob (HF #1255) on a jump with Marty MacDonald (HF #2) |
Hellfish #1254 - Jessica Egerer - with Steve Kanat (HF # 480) at Skydive Tecumseh,Napoleon,MI | Jessica (top right - grey helmet) with Ehrin Huhn (HF # 1245-blue helmet) and Dave Matthews (HF # 1218 -right) over Skydive Tecumseh. | Jessica just landed from a jump at Midwest Freefall, Ray MI | Jessica is a zookeeper at the Detroit Zoo specializing in Avian Species (bird nerd). This photo was taken in AnnArbor, MI |
Hellfish #1253 - Shawn Zano | Shawn has been a wind tunnel instructor at several iFly centers thruought the US as well as on cruise ships. He currently works at iFly, Novi, MI | Shawn Zano - HF #1253 | Shawn enjoying the view - not sure where this was taken. |
Hellfish #1252 - Logan Willis - is a full time Skydiving Pilot as well as a jumper. | Logan Willis (left) at Skydive Chicago with Michael Klingler (right - HF #1172). | Logan Willis enjoying the view over Skydive Tecumseh (MI) | Logan Willis (HF #1252) top right with the gray helmet. |
Hellfish #1251 - Nick Nevins (left) is dirt diving an intended 6-Way with (L to R) Nate Allen, Marty MacDonald, Josh Pawson, John Haddad and Hannah Hall at Skydive Tecumseh | Hellfish #1251 - Nick Nevins left) with Hannah Hall (right - HF #1249) getting ready to load the Skydive Chicago Twin Otter at Skydive Tecumseh for the 6-Way | John Haddad (left) and Nick Nevins (red helmet) get ready to launch a 3-Way base. Hannah Hall is behind John. | Nick Nevins is on the bottom (red shoes), John Haddad is on top and Hannah Hall is in the middle as the launch goes awry. Cut them some slack; they each have less than 50 jumps in this photo. |
Hellfish #1250 - John Haddad (right) with Nate Allen (left - HF # 1182) and Josh Pawson (center - HF #1234) getting ready to load the Skydive Chicago Twin Otter at Skydive Tecumseh | Hellfish #1250 - John Haddad (center - grey shirt) upon receiving his A License at Skydive Tecumseh, Napoleon,MI | Hellfish #1250 - John Haddad (right) with Hannah Hall (left - HF #1249) and Nate Allen (center - HF #1182) | Hellfish #1250 - John Haddad (center) - riding dirt bikes with his buds |
Hellfish #1249 - Hannah Hall (center) surrounded by the Skydive Tecumseh gang upon receiving her A License. | Left to Right: Dave Matthews (HF#1218), Nick Nevins (HF#1251), Hannah Hall (HF #1249), Marty MacDonald (HF#2), Nate Allen (HF #1182), Josh Pawson (HF #1234) and John Haddad (HF# 1250) | Hellfish #1249 - Hannah Hall (left) with Nate Allen (HF #1182- center), John Haddad (Hf #1250-right) and Dave Matthews (HF#1218) flying camera top right. | Hellfish #1249 - Hannah Hall (right) with Marty MacDonald (center), John Haddad (left), Josh Pawson (top left) and Dave Matthews (top right- flying camera) |
Hellfish #1248 - Denis Wittmaier (center) with Ali Koussan (HF #1247 - right) and Marty MacDonald (HF #2-left) at Midwest Freefall (MI). | Hellfish #1248 - Denis Witmaier (left) with Florin Negrut (HF # 1159 - right) | Denis (left) and Florin (right) | Hellfish #1246 - Denis Wittmaier @ Midwest Freefall (MI). |
Hellfish #1247- Ali Koussan @ Midwest Freefall (MI) | Hellfish #1247 - Ali Koussan (top) - is attempting to dock with Denis Wittmaier (HF #1248 - bottom left) and Florin Negrut (HF # 1159 -center ) | Hellfish #1247 - Ali Koussan - looks like he is ready for Court. | Hellfish #1247 - Ali Koussan over Southeast Michigan at Midwest Freefall. |
Hellfish #1246 - Nick Barto - is an instructor at iFly Detroit (in Novi, MI) | Hellfish #1246, Nick Barto, has previously been an instructor at wind tunnels all over the U.S. including in Orlando, FL; Portland, OR and on cruise ships as well. | Hellfish #1246 - Nick Barto | Hellfish #1246 - Nick Barto (on left) |
Hellfish #1245 Ehrin Huhn with her daughters | Hellfish #1245 -Ehrin Huhn in the 10 O'Clock position | Hellfish #1245 - Ehrin Huhn on a successful Hoop Dive | Hellfish #1245 - next gen skydivers? |
Hellfish #1244 Dane Ryan Jordan | Hellfish #1244, Dane making a jump with borrowed shoes after just losing a pair of brand new Nikes on the prievious jump. | Dane's home DZ is West Virginia Skydivers in Huntington, WV, but he has jumped at (9) different DZ's across the U.S. | Dane spent 4 years on active duty in the Navy and 5 years in the Navy Reserves. He is now an apprentice lineman (did someone say BASE Jump?). |
Hellfish #1243, Braxton Jones. We're guessing this photo was taken outside of Moab, Utah either in Arches National Park or on the climb to Tombstone (BASE Exit Point) | Braxton is in the 9 O'Clock position in this 4-Way. This dive was made over the Maldives, an archipelego in the Inidan Ocean about 400 miles SW of the Southern tip of India. | Hellfish #1243, Braxton Jones, doing a gainer at Bridge Day at the New River Gorge Bridge | Hellfish #1243, Braxton completing a wing-suit dive. |
Hellfish #1242, Maddie Van Camp | All of Maddie's jump so far have been at Skydive Tecumseh in Napoleon, MI. Maddie is on the right in this photo. | Maddie's first jump was a 10-Way tandem!! | Hellfish #1241, Maddie Van Camp with Mom, Kimberly Van Camp |
Hellfish #1241, Rami Helmi | Hellfish #1241, Rami Helmi jumping at Skydive Tecumseh (MI) | Hellfish #1241, Rami Helmi over mid Michigan | Hellfish #1241, Rami Helmi (thinking about a BASE Jump?) |
Hellfish #1240, David Squier, in the loading area at Midwest Freefall on the last day of Jumping for 2020, Nov. 7th. | Hellfish #1240, David Squier (left) with HF#1239, Arron McClure on the right over southeast Michigan | Hellfish #1240, David Squier |
Big smile - another successful jump, i.e., any jump you can walk away from is successful - at least to Hellfish!! |
Hellfish #1239, Arron McClure | Hellfish #1239, Arron McClure is on the right with David Squier (HF#1240 - left) and Marty MacDonald (center - HF#2). In the loading area for a 3-way on the last day in 2020 that the DZ was open. | Arron is outside launching a 2-way base with David. | Hellfish #1239, Arron, packing up after the jump. |
Hellfish #1238, Javed Ashraf, just got his A License at Midwest Freefall (MI) | Hellfish #1238, Javed Ashraf is at the top left in the 3-Way base of what was planned to end up a 6-way over Midwest freefall | Javed likes to ride his Ducati Panigale V4 (214 hp). This scene looks like downtown Detorit | Javed's other hobby is Olympic weight lifting - can you tell? |
Hellfish #1237, Bryan "Goldie" Goldsmith | Hellfish #1237, Bryan Goldsmith, is in the 5-Way base in the 10 O'clock position | "Goldie" is an avid wing-suiter also. | Hellfish #1237,"Goldie" giving us the "evil eye" |
Hellfish #1236, Curt Young over Skydive Tecumseh (MI) | Hellfish #1236, Curt Young | Hellfish #1236, Curt Young: Looks like he enjoyed that jump. I think this was his check dive for his A License | Curt gets his log book signed off by Steve Kanat (HF#480) with Rex Bertrand (HF #50) looking on. |
Hellfish #1235, James "Timber" Lambes, receives his A License at Skydive Tecumseh in Napoleon, MI | Hellfish #1235, James Lambes on a check dive at Skydive Tecumseh | Hellfish #1235, James (left) with Brad Wallace (HF # 982 - center), Mark McMananay (HF # 23 - right) and Steve Kanat (HF #480 - with the camera) | Hellfish #1235, James Lambes |
Hellfish #1234, Josh Pawson, with JJ and Ava | Hellfish #1234, Josh Pawson with Sloan Kanat (HF #1082) at Skydive Tecumseh in Napoleon, MI. Is that your first new rig? Do you owe beer? | Hellfish #1234, Josh Pawson, in a skydive over Skydive Tecumseh, Napoleon, MI | Hellfish #1234, Josh Pawson |
Hellfish #1233, Enory Mulholland just after proposing to his fiancee, Tori | Hellfish #1233, Emory takes Tori for a tandem jump prior to the proposal | Hellfish #1233, Emory Mulholland - sunset jump | Hellfish #1233, Emory and Tori in 2018 |
Hellfish #1232, Sydney "Squid" Boyd. Sydney just got her A License in August 2020. | Hellfish #1232, Sydney on a 4-Way dive. Nice Helmet! Is that new? Do you owe beer? | Hellfish #1232, Sydney doing a 4-Way with her sister, Ally Williams - HF#1176 (not shown). | Hellfish #1232 Sydney and "Woman's Best Friend". |
Hellfish #1230, Sean Vasbinder earns his A License at Skydive Tecumseh in August 2020 | Hellfish #1230, Sean Vasbinder, and family | Hellfish #1230, Sean enjoys boating when he isn't skydiving | Hellfish #1230 , Sean Vasbinder |
Hellfish #1229, Chandler Decker, after landing at Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI | Hellfish #1229, Chandler (top left standing) received his Coach's Rating at Skydive Tecumseh in late September 2020. He previously received his C License. | Hellfish #1229, Chandler on a tracking dive. | Hellfish #1229, Chandler (right) with Larry Ekstrom (HF #121 - on the left) at Midwest Freefall. |
Hellfish #1228, Zibby Alexander with videographer Keith Nugent (HF #807) at the Midwest Freefall 2020 "Home Grown Boogie". Zibby was load orgnaizer and Keith was the videographer | Hellfish #1228, Zibby (top right) doing a hybrid dive with (4) members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights Skydiving Team. | Hellfish #1228, Zibby (center) with her 4- Way Team, "Khaboom!" at the 2019 USPA National Championships | Hellfish #1228, Zibby Alexander geared up for the USPA National Championships |
Hellfish #1227, Keller Kanat getting ready for her first AFF Jump with her dad, Steve (right - HF # 480) and Brian Sheehan (left - HF # 565). | Hellfish #1227, Keller getting final instruction from dad, Steve, and Brian. | Hellfish #1227, Keller getting packing instructions from her dad at a very young age. | Hellfish #1227, Keller Kanat, making her first jump on her 18th birthday with mom, Kim (HF # 478) on the right and dad, Steve, on the left. The Tandem Master is Ryan Hanold (HF # 491). Photo courtesy of Jeromy Alexander (HF # 797) |
Hellfish #1226, Mike Heil after landing one of his SANS jumps (Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving). | Hellfish #1226, Mike Heil making his first jump as a licensed skydiver. This was his father's ash dive. His father was both a military aand sport jumper. | Hellfish #1226, playing keyboard for his band, "Five Hundredth Year" | Hellfish #1226, Mike Heil (2nd from rt.) in a publicity shot for his band |
Hellfish #1225, Marianne DeBrito has 100+ jumps and a B License. Sydive Tecumseh (MI) is her home DZ. |
Hellfish #1225, Marianne (2nd from right) with friends at Skydive Tecumseh | Hellfish #1225, Marianne got her A License at Skydive Tecumseh in August of 2019 | Marianne DeBrito (HF #1225) and Ian Hall |
Hellfish #1223, Kelly Anderson is in the base at the center of the photo facing the camera (12 O'Clock position) | Hellfish #1223, Kelly Anderson | Hellfish #1223, Kelly is on the right in this "Muff Brothers" dive (with the blue ear muffs) | Hellfish #1225, Marianne getting off the "Beer Board". Is that a Hellfish Tattoo on her right arm - nice!! |
Hellfish #1222, Siyi Qu (center) with Rex Bertrand (HF # 50 - left) at Skydive Tecumseh in Napoleon, MI. | Hellfish #1222, Siyi Qu | Hellfish #1222, Siyi Qu | Siyi's best friend |
Hellfish #1221, Justin Van Fleet hails from Detroit Michigan and jumps at Skydive Tecumseh | Hellfish #1221, Justin (right), with Hellfish # 1217, Lauren Albert (center), in the loading area at Skydive Tecumseh | HF #1221, Justin, spotting a load in the King Air over Skydive Tecumseh in Napoleon, MI | Hellfish #1221, Justin (right) with HF # 1172, Michael Klingler, over Skydive Tecumseh. |
Hellfish #1220, Briana Lynn Scotti has (5) AFF Jumps, (8) Tandem Jumps and several cliff jumps. | Hellfish #1220, Briana hails from Lafayette, Indiana and jumps at Skydive Tecumseh in Napoleon, MI |
Hellfish #1220, Briana on her 1st AFF Jump |
Hellfish #1220, Briana with a small friend |
Hellfish #1219, Giulianno Scotti, is an AFF and Tandem Instructor at Skydive Tecumseh, MI. He orginally comes from Manaus, Brazil where he learned to skydive. | Hellfish #1219,Giulianno, swooping the pond at Z'Hills | Hellfish #1219, Giulianno has over 7,000 skydives and 387 BASE Jumps | Hellfish #1219, Giulianno Scotti |
Hellfish #1218, Dave Matthews. This photo look like it was taken at Z'Hills?? Dave is currently an AFF Instructor at Skydive Tecumseh in Napoleon, MI | Hellfish #1218, Dave Matthews is in the outer ring at the 7 O'Clok position in black and red. That looks like mid-Michigan below the formation. | Hellfish #1218, Dave Matthews at Skydive Tecumseh | Hellfish #1218, Dave Matthews |
Hellfish #1217, Lauren Albert at Skydive Tecumseh | Lauren getting ready to load the King Air at Skydive Tecumseh (dutifully wearing her COVID-19 Face Mask) | Lauren in freefall over Skydive Tecumseh. Somehow I'm thinking the Face Mask might not be necessary in this situation?? | Lauren restocking the coolers as part of her job at Skydive Tecumseh. |
Left to Right: Hellfish # 1215, Jackyn Hannify, HF# 1216, Tess Hannify and HF# 1200, SFC Michael Geary getting ready to make a skydive at Skydive Pepperell (MA) | HF# 1215, Jaclyn in freefall | HF # 1215, Jaclyn under canopy | HF# 1215, Jaclyn coming in to land at Skydive Pepperell |
Helfish # 1216, Tess Hannify, in freefall | HF # 1216, Tess Hannify under canopy | Tess Hannify coming in to land at Skydive Pepperell | You can't see it but there are huge smiles under those COVID masks on Tess and Jaclyn's faces after completing their skydives. Both said they were ready to do it again!! |
HF# 1200, SFC Michael Geary, exiting the Grand Caravan at Pepperell Skydiving | Michael taking his hand at steering the canopy to the landing area | HF# 1200, Michael coming in to land | Under the mask is another big smile. Michael is ready to do it again!! |
We are inducting into the Flying Hellfish the entire "Hellfish 1-3" MP Squad, Praetorian Platoon, 747 MP Company who fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009 and 2010. "Hellfish 1-3" was their call sign signifying 1st Platoon - 3rd Squad. | This is just one of many Hellfish insignia's created by the Hellfish 1-3 Squad | All of the Hellfish 1-3 were awarded Hellfish shoulder patches by their Commanding Officer, SFC Michael Geary. SFC Geary requested that their squad be given membership in The Flying Hellfish, since they are the "Fighting Hellfish". | Many squad mamebers also carry the Hellfish tatto. Pictured here are Hellfish #1200 SFC MichaelGeary (center) HF # 1205 SPC Ken Miller (left) and HF #1206 SGT Michael Salsgiver (right) |
Hellfish Tattos - very classy!! | The Helfish 1-3 proudly display their Hellfish shoulder patches . Left to right: SGT Carl King (HF#1203), SPC Steve Avelino (HF#1201), SFC Michael Geary (HF#1200), SGT David Camara (HF#1211), and SGT Michael Salsgiver (HF#1206). | Hellfish 1-3 in front of the Praetorian Platoon Mural painted by SPC Ken Miller and SGT Michael Salsgiver. | Hellfish # 1200, SFC Michael Geary, Commanding Officer of the Hellfish 1-3 Squad with General Petraeus, Commanding General U.S. Central Command and subsequently Commanding General Multi-National Force - Iraq. |
Hellfish # 1212, SSG Michael Thompson, receiving his Hellfish shoulder patch from SFC Geary. | Hellfish # 1212, SSG Michael Thompson, also served in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 to 1993. He re-enlisted after the World Trade Center Attack. | Hellfish # 1211, SGT David Camara, receiving his Hellfish shoulder patch from SFC Geary. | Hellfish # 1211, SGT David Camara (right) with HF # 1206, SGT Michael Salsgiver (left). |
Hellfish # 1210, SPC Nicole Bissonnette, receiving her Hellfish shoulder patch from SFC Geary. | Hellfish # 1210, SPC Nicole Bissonnette, riding in a Troop Transport that is a little more comfortable than what she usually rides in. | Hellfish # 1209, SPC Michael Steadman | Hellfish # 1209, SPC Michael Steadman |
Hellfish # 1208, SSG Brandon Ziskind, receiving his Hellfish shoulder patch from SFC Geary. | Hellfish # 1208, SSG Brandon Ziskind | Hellfish # 1207, 2LT James Tate, is the Hellfish 1-3 Squad Medic. | Hellfish # 1207, 2LT James Tate, stateside with his fmaily. |
Hellfish # 1206, SGT Michael Salsgiver, receiving his Hellfish shoulder patch from SFC Geary. | Hellfish # 1206, SGT Michael Salsgiver is a gunner for the Squad | Hellfish # 1205, SPC Ken Miller, receiving his Hellfish shoulder patch from SFC Geary. | Hellfish # 1205, SPC Ken Miller, is also a gunner. |
Hellfish # 1204, SPC Michael Mercado (center) with HF# 1205 SPC KenMiller (left) and HF# 1206, SGT Michael Salsgiver (right). All three are gunners for the Squad | Hellfish # 1204, SPC Michael Mercado (left) with HF# 1209, SPC Michael Steadman (center) and HF #1210, Nicole Bissonnette (right). | Hellfish # 1203, SGT Carl King, receiving his Hellfish shoulder patch from SFC Geary. | Hellfish # 1203, SGT Carl King (left), with HF# 1205, SPC Ken Miller (right). |
Hellfish # 1202, SPC Garrett Doonan, receiving his Hellfish shoulder patch from SFC Geary. | Hellfish # 1202, SPC Garrett Doonan. Sadly, SPC Doonan's Hellfish number is being awarded posthumously. | Hellfish # 1201, SPC Steve Avelino, receiving his Hellfish shoulder patch from SFC Geary. | Hellfish # 1201, SPC Steve Avelino is a driver for these huge MRAP Vehicles. (MRAP = "Mine- Resistant, Ambush Protected") |
Hellfish # 1199, Lisa Jankowski, making her first skydive in 2016 at Midwest Freefall. Her tandem master is Cliff Alfiche, HF #94. | Hellfish # 1199, Lisa Jankowski, at Skydive Tecumseh (at Napoleon) getting ready to make her first training skydive. | Hellfish # 1199, Lisa Jankowski, getting ready to exit the King Air over Napoleon, MI | Hellfish # 1199, Lisa Jankowski, with "The Instigator", Andy Heins, HF #1111 who talked Lisa into going for her A License. |
Hellfish # 1198, Michael Brown, (kneeling) with his father, Sam Brown (Hellfish #1088 on the right) at Skydive Allegan (MI) | Hellfish # 1198, Michael Brown at Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI | Hellfish # 1198, Michael Brown on a hoop dive with Larry Ekstrom (HF# 121) at Midwest Freefall | Hellfish # 1198, Michael Brown on a skydive with Larry Ekstrom and Florin Negrut (HF # 1159) at Midwest Freefall. |
Hellfish # 1197, Ye Fan, just completing a skydive at Skydive Tecumseh in Napoleon, MI | Hellfish # 1197, Ye Fan (bottom right) on an 8-Way. Photo by Jeromy Alexander (HF# 797) | Hellfish # 1197, Ye Fan making a super soft landing at Skydive Tecumseh | Hellfish # 1197, Ye Fan, with a future skydiver, his son. We aren't sure if that harness is tandem rated. |
Hellfish # 1196, Ryan Kemppainen | Hellfish # 1196, Ryan Kemppainen, just completing a glider ride. | Hellfish # 1196, Ryan K. celebrating Christmas??? | Hellfish # 1196, Ryan Kemppainen, seems to be in a spot of bother here. |
Hellfish # 1195, Brad Frankenfield getting ready to exit the King air at Skydive Tecumseh, MI | Hellfish # 1195, Brad Frankenfield just after exit at Skydive Tecumseh, MI | Hellfish # 1195, Brad Frankenfield, sitting on a typical Brazilian Skydiving airplane just after it was taken out of service. | Hellfish # 1195, Brad Frankenfield who likes to "crew" for friends with boats who participate in club racing. |
Hellfish # 1194 - Molly Wilson with Steve Kanat (HF# 480) just after successfully completing her A License Requirement Check Dive. | Hellfish # 1194, Molly Wilson at Skydive Tecumseh, MI | Hellfish # 1194 Molly Wilson, proudly displaying her A License stamp which was misapplied to her forehead rather than her log book. | Hellfish # 1194, Molly wilson, making a super soft landing at Skydive Tecumseh, MI |
Hellfish # 1193 Rishabh Shah at Skydive Tecumseh, MI | Hellfish # 1193 Rishabh Shah at Skydive Tecumseh, MI | Hellfish # 1193 Rishabh Shah at Midwest Freefall in Ray (MI) with Larry Ekstrom (right - HF #130) and Marty MacDonald (black glove - HF#2) | Hellfish # 1193 Rishabh Shah about to dock on Larry Ekstrom, Hellfish #130. |
Hellfish # 1192 Obaydah "OB" Hamawi | Hellfish # 1192 Obaydah "OB" Hamawi jumpng at skydive Tecumseh, MI | Hellfish # 1192 Obaydah "OB" Hamawi with Hellfish # 1188 Josh Brueckner | Hellfish # 1192 Obaydah "OB" Hamawi introducing a friend to skydiving at Midwest Freefall, MI |
Hellfish # 1191, Mike Williams. |
Hellfish # 1191, Mike Williams. | Hellfish # 1191, Mike Williams. | Hellfish # 1191, Mike Williams. |
Hellfish # 1190, Maxine Tate is a Canopy Piloting Instuctor with Flight-1, the training divison of Performance Designs. She has competed in (21) National and World Championships | Hellfish # 1190, Maxine was European Women's Canopy Piloting Champion for both Speed and Distance. | Hellfish # 1190, Maxine Tate flies those teeny tiny sub 80 sq. ft. canopies. | Hellfish # 1190, Maxine recently conducted a canopy class at Midwest Freefall where this guy (HF#2) was her worst student - but learned a lot. |
Hellfish # 1189, Cody Kralowski, during Canopy Class at Midwest Freefall. Cody has just received his A License. | Hellfish # 1189, Cody Kralowski is a Marine and served from 2009 to 2013 at Camp Pendleton as a Heavy Equipment Operator. He is planing on re-entering the military. | Hellfish # 1189, Cody Kralowski. | Hellfish # 1189, Cody Kralowski, doing his best David Hasselhoff impersonation. |
Hellfish # 1188, Josh Brueckner, at Midwest Freefall. | Hellfish # 1188, Josh Brueckner, doing a "Bat Hang" over Arizona. Josh has turned Pro in both MMA fighting as well as traditional Boxing | Hellfish # 1188, Josh Brueckner, with his fiancee, Katie B. Josh and Katie have their own YouTube Channel with 2.4 million subscribers ("Jatie Vlogs") | Hellfish # 1188, Josh and Katie getting ready to exit a hot air balloon over Arizona. |
Hellfish # 1187, Raj Vangari (right) with HF#2, Marty MacDonald in Canopy Class at Midwest Freefall. | Hellfish # 1187, Raj Vangari (white helmet) with Maxine Tate (center), First Flight Instructor for the Canopy Course and the rest of her canopy class. | Hellfish # 1187, Raj getting ready to exit the Caravan at Midwest Freefall. Raj has almost completed his A License Requirements. | Hellfish # 1187, Raj - looking good!!. |
Hellfish # 1186, Spencer Hill at Midwest Freefall getting ready to make another training jump.. | Hellfish # 1186, Spencer completes another skydive | Hellfish # 1186, Spencer Hill participated in ROTC while in college at Northern Michigan University. | Hellfish # 1186, Spencer - probably on guard Duty. |
Hellfish # 1185, Sarah Lombardo in Canopy Class at Midwest Freefall. | Hellfish # 1185, Sarah makes her first jump, a birthday present from her dad, long-time skydiver and pilot, Russ Lombardo. | Hellfish # 1185, Sarah Lombardo - great form!! | Hellfish # 1185, Sarah exiting the Caravan at Midwest Freefall. |
Hellfish # 1184, Steve Smith. The insignia on his hoodie designates Steve as a Policeman in the City of Detroit. | Hellfish # 1184, Steve Smith exits the Caravan at Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI | Hellfish # 1184, Steve Smith, over Southeast Michigan | Hellfish # 1184, Besides skydiving, Steve enjoys fishing as well as building and flying drones. |
Hellfish # 1183, Denise Robo, completed her A License requriements on June 5th, 2020. | Hellfish # 1183, Deinse, with Bracken Meade who helped her through her Hop N' Pops. | Hellfish # 1183, Denise Robo, has accumulated a remarkable (11) hours of tunnel time in her efforts to complete her A License requirements - that is dedication!! | Besides Skydiving, Denise Robo (HF#1183) is an avid hockey player, alpine skier and runner. |
Hellfish # 1182, Nathan Allen at Midwest Freefall Skydiving Center | Hellfish # 1182, Nathan Allen exiting the Super Caravan over Midwest Freefall | Hellfish # 1182, Nathan doing a 3-Way with Rick DeShano (center) and Ally Williams (HF#1176 - right) | Hellfish # 1182, Nathan doing a 6-Way (Nathan is at the top in blue) |
Hellfish # 1181, Beau Hoffman gets his A License @ Skydive Tecumseh @ Napoleon | Hellfish # 1181, Beau Hoffman. This was Beau's first jump outside of Michigan, it occured at Skydive DeLand in Florida. | Hellfish # 1181, Beau Hoffman, making a jump in Grand Haven Michigan at sunset. Photo by Joshua Smith | Hellfish # 1181, Beau Hoffman |
Hellfish # 1180, Autumn Doody | Hellfish # 1180, Autumn Doody, Air Ambulance Nurse | Hellfish # 1180, Autumn Doody. Can you bring that to the DZ next week-end?? | Hellfish # 1180, Autumn Doody. Pretty impressive..... |
Hellfish # 1178, Rachel Kennedy and Hellfish #1179, Mike Claus got married in Ireland this past spring | Hellfish # 1178, Rachel Kennedy (front row 2nd from right) and Hellfish 1179, Mike Claus (back row, center). Others in the photo are (L to R) Marty MacDonald (HF#2), Larry Ekstrom (HF#121), Autumn Doody (HF#1180), Florin Negrut (HF# 1159), Mike Matthews (HF#130) and Nate Allen (HF#1181). | Hellfish # 1179, Mike Claus, and HF #1178, Rachel Kennedy getting ready to depart the helicopter. | Hellfish # 1179, MIke Claus, with HF#1178, Rachel Kennedy and Nader Hammoud (HF#1162) |
Hellfish # 1179, Mike Claus (rt), and HF #1178, Rachel Kennedy (2nd from left in teal) along with Larry Ekstrom (HF#121 - with the frap hat) and Mike Parkkila (HF#1175 left with black helmet) over Midwest Freefall. | Mike Claus and Rachel Kennedy walking in from a jump in an acrylic painting done by Rachel who is a professional artist. | Rachel & Mike | Hellfish # 1177 - Keith Williams (front) @ Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI |
Hellfish # 1177 - Keith Williams is the second banana (from the left) in this All-Banana Dive @ Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI | Hellfish # 1177, Keith Williams and HF # 1176, Ally (Boyd) Williams getting married in Puerto Rico on March 7th, 2020. | Hellfish # 1177 & 1176, Keith Williams and Ally Boyd (on the right) @ Midwest Freefall in 2019 (they weren't married when this photo was taken). On the left are HF # 1113 Adam Moyer (top) and HF #934, Lisa Miller (bottom). How did she get that strong? | Hellfish # 1176, Ally Boyd Williams, and 1177, Keith Williams getting ready to do a tandem jump at Midwest Freefall. |
Hellfish # 1176 - Ally Willians on her wedding day in PuertoRico. | Hellfish # 1176 - Ally Williams (right) with Rick DeShano (ctr) and Nate allen (left) over Grand Haven, MI (near Lake Michigan) | Hellfish # 1176 - Ally Williams Scuba Diving in Puerto Rico | Hellfish # 1175 - Mike Parkkila @ Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI |
Hellfish # 1175 - Mike Parkkila (right) doing a 5-Way over Midwest Freefall. Florin Negrut (HF # 1159) is on the left. | Hellfish # 1175 - Mike Parkkila (rt.) @ Midwest Freefall with Marty MacDonald (HF#2) on the left. | Hellfish # 1174 - Eric Johnson (right) with Hanna Dotson (center). Hanna is the Mountain West Regional Director for Team Flying Hellfish. | Hellfish # 1174 - Eric Johnson doing some late season back country skiing |
Hellfish # 1174 - Eric Johson (2nd from Right) with a gang of goofballs from Out of the Blue Skydiving (I think?) | Hellfish # 1173 - Jerrod Long doing a gainer off the KL Tower in downtown Kuala Lumpur in September 2018 | Hellfish # 1173 - Jerrod Long doing a side exit off the Perrine in Twin Falls, ID. | Hellfish # 1173 - Jerrod Long in the Middle East during Operation Enduring Freedom. He served in the 82nd Airborne Paratroopers for 14 years. |
Hellfish # 1172 - Michael Klingler with his beautiful wife, Michelle. | Hellfish # 1172 - Michael Klingler (top right in red) doing a 4-Way over Napoleon Michigan at skydive Tecumseh. [Photo by Jeromy Alexander] | Hellfish # 1172 - Michael Klingler (top right in red) doing a 6+-Way over Napoleon, Michigan at Skydive Tecumseh. [Photo by Jeromy Alexander] | Hellfish # 1171 - Kyle Reid (center) with Mike Matthews (HF #130 - left) and Marty MacDonald ( HF #2 - right) |
Hellfish # 1171 - Kyle Reid (lower right), Mike Matthews (top center) and Larry Ekstrom (eft center) at Midwest Freefall in Ray, Michigan |
Hellfish # 1171 - Kyle Reid getting ready to turn and track |
Hellfish # 1170 - Adrian Contreras (2nd from rt.) with Adam Dennis (HF#1158), Larry Ekstrom (HF#121),Marty MacDonad (HF#2) and Norbert Rys (HF#1116)Luke Johnson flying a Piper Super Cub. | Hellfish # 1170 - Adrian Contreras jumping over Midwest Freefall with the group at the left |
Hellfish # 1170 - Adrian Contreras at Midwest Freefall with Claire Magill (HF # 1065) | Hellfish # 1169 - Kirill Bykov lives and jumps in Texas but originally was from St. Petersburg , Russia. | Hellfish # 1169 - Kirill Bukov | Hellfish # 1169 - Kirill Bukov |
Hellfish # 1168 - Charlie Jones jumping over Skydive Tecumseh, Michigan | Hellfish # 1168 - Charlie Jones | Hellfish # 1168 - Charlie Jones | Hellfish # 1167 -Ian Hall jumping over Skydive Tecumseh, Michigan |
Hellfish # 1167 - Ian Hall | Hellfish # 1167 - Ian Hall | Hellfish # 1164, 1163 & 1165 Left to right in Skydive Tecumseh Jump Suits ready to jump. All three are both jump pilotts and skydivers. On the left is HF # 1164 - Jason Dickinson, in center is HF # 1163 - Sam Kelly and on the right is HF # 1165 - Luke Johnson | Hellfish # 1165 - Luke Johnson flying a Piper Super Cub. |
Hellfish # 1165 - Luke Johnson | Hellfish # 1165 - Luke Jhnson (on the left) somewhere in Alaska fishing. | Hellfish # 1164 - Jason dickinson tracking over skydive Tecuseh in Napoleon, MI. | Hellfish # 1164 - Jason Dickinson with his beautiful wife Maekena |
Hellfish # 1164 - Jason Dickinson with his lovely wife Maekena. | Hellfish # 1163 - Sam Kelly (right) with Rex Bertrand (HF # 50 - on the left) and Mark Durivage (center). Mark is jumping with military gear from the 50's and 60's which some of us started jumping with - capewell release, belly mount reserve, hard landings, spots had to be accurate or you were off! | Hellfish # 1161 - Stephanie Folkersma. Stephanie is originally from Rudyard, Michigan in the Upper Penninsula but now lives in San Antonio, TX. This photo is from Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI where Stephanie was jumping for the week-end | Hellfish # 1163 - Sam Kelly in the hanger at Skydive Tecumseh |
Hellfish # 1162 - Nader Hammoud at Midwest Freefall - part of the Larry Ekstrom (HF #121) 77th Birthday Jump | Hellfish # 1162 - Nader Hammoud (on right) with Larry Ekstrom (left) |
Hellfish # 1162 - Nader Hammoud (right) with Rachel Kennedy (center) and Mike Claus (left). | Hellfish # 1161 - Stephanie Folkersma. Stephanie is originally from Rudyard, Michigan in the Upper Penninsula but now lives in San Antonio, TX. This photo is from Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI where Stephanie was jumping for the week-end |
Hellfish # 1161 - Stephanie Folkersma (in the corner) with Larry Ekstrom (HF #121) | Hellfish # 1161 - Stephanie Folkersma - about to dock on Larry Ekstrom (HF # 121) and Adam Dennis (HF # 1158) at Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI | Hellfish # 1160 - Ross Ruder. Ross is a member of the Minnesota National Guard and is an Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATSC) with the 189th Aviation Regiment. | Hellfish # 1160 - Ross Ruder (front) at Skydive Temple in Texas with Aaron Burwell (behind Ross). Aaron is Hellfish #794 and the Southwest Regional Director of The Flying Hellfish. Aaron provided all of Ross's FJC training. |
Hellfish # 1160 - Ross Ruder training with the Minnesota National Guard | Hellfish # 1159 - Florin Negrut | Hellfish # 1159 - Florin Negrut (right) - on the Larry Ekstrom (HF #121) 77th Birthday Jump. Larry is on the left, Marty MacDonald (HF #2) is in the back. | Hellfish # 1159 - Florin Negrut (on the left), Larry Ekstrom (Center) and Nader Hammoud (HF # 1162) on the right with Ryan Charles Uhley (HF # 1120) on video. |
Hellfish # 1158 - Adam Dennis - on the way to altitude for a jump with Larry Ekstrom (HF #121) and Marty MacDonald (HF #2) | Hellfish # 1158 - Adam Dennis (right) | Hellfish # 1158 - Adam Dennis | Hellfish # 1157 - Joe Klos - relaxing during a weather hold at Midwest Freefall in Ray Michigan |
Hellfish # 1157 - Joe Klos - Center | Hellfish # 1157 - Joe Klos - (2nd from left in back row) getting ready to do a sunset jump with the gang at Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI | Hellfish # 1156 - Matt Reeves with HF # 784 Aaron Burwell - Southwest Regional Director of the Flying Hellfish | Hellfish # 1156 - Matt Reeves - looking pretty talented with less than 100 jumps!! |
Hellfish # 1156 - Matt Reeves- are those french cuffs? Dress for Success they say. | Hellfish # 1155 - Eric Bourquin - was recently featured in the National Geographic 8-Part Series, "The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family". Eric's 19-man platoon was ambushed by the Mahdi Militia in Sadr City, Baghdad on 4-4-2004 at the start of the Iraq Insurgency. The series is based on the book by the same name which chronicles the 24 hours which encompassed their being pinned down miles from their base and their subsequent rescue. | Hellfish # 1155 - Staff Seargent Eric Bourquin with a teammate in front of the screen showing the Nat Geo Series. I highly recommend the book or the TV Series. I read the book in one day because I couldn't put it down. | Hellfish # 1155 - Eric Bourquin doing his best imitation of Marty McFly in "Back to the Future" |
A promo for the Nat Geo Series on the ambush of Eric Bourquin's Platoon in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq on 4-4-2004. | Hellfish # 1154 - Wendy Faulkner - longtime CReW jumper. Currently juumping st Skydive Temple in Texas | Hellfish # 1154 - Wendy Faulkner is in this photo somewhere. Very impressive. | Hellfish # 1154 - Wendy Faulkner (top) teaching Joey Nenni (HF # 1027) some of the basics of CReW at Skydive Temple. This is a great photo!! |
Hellfish # 1153 - Marcus Reed - longtime skydiver, packer and FAA Rigger at Skydive Temple (TX) | Hellfish # 1153 - Marcus Reed (right) with Aaron Burwell (center), Scott Schumacher (left) abd Sam King in the bacck, | Hellfish # 1153 - Marcus Reed |
Hellfish # 1151 - Anthony Maschek (right) with his brother Scott (HF #1150, center) and another brother in Iraq in 2006. Anthony incurred a severe injury and lost his lower leg in Iraq. We are proud to have them as Members of The Flying Hellfish and we thank them for their service!! |
Hellfish # 1151 - Anthony Maschek (right) with Scott Maschek (HF #1150, center) and another Maschek brother hoist their sister. | Hellfish # 1151 - Anthony Maschek (left) and his brother Scott just bought Skydive Temple near Salado, Texas and Temple Texas | Hellfish # 1150 - Scott Maschek - is the new Co-Owner of Skydive Temple inTexas. Scott is on the right. | Hellfish # 1150 - Scott Maschek - is also half owner of "An Armed Affair", a gun range and gun training center in Killeen Texas. Scott is a Licensed Firearms Instructor. He served in the Army for 21 years as a Drill Instructor and Master Seargent. He served (2) tours in Iraq. |
Hellfish # 1150 - Scott Maschek - in Twin Falls, ID where he grew up. He has yet to jump off that bridge in the background, but we are thinking that Aaron Burwell (HF #794) could give him some lessons if Scott wants to try it. | Hellfish # 1149 - Chad Henderson. Is he pointing to his next BASE Jump or his last Base Jump??? | Hellfish # 1149 - Chad Henderson. Chad seems to be plenty high enough to leave that antenna - wherever it is. | Hellfish # 1149 - Chad Henderson. Looks like a back flip off the Perrine in Twin Falls, ID |
Hellfish # 1148 - Matt Reilly | Hellfish # 1148 - Matt Reilly | Hellfish # 1148 - Matt Reilly | Hellfish # 1147 - Kaleb Estes: Kaleb was a Senior at the U.S. Air Force Academy and was about to graduate but died in a skydiving mishap on May 7th, 2017 at Out of the Blue Skydiving near Colorado Springs , CO |
Hellfish # 1147 - Kaleb Estes | Hellfish # 1147 - Kaleb Estes (in the center of the photo) | Hellfish # 1146 - Nick Schrand | Hellfish # 1146 - Nick Schrand. Nick is First Officer at Skywest Airlines and also pilots for Out of The Blue Skydiving as well as being a jumper there. |
Hellfish # 1146 - Nick Schrand | Hellfish # 1145 - Olivia Bauder (red hair) with HF # 1144 - Jason Bauder (back right), HF 1074 Hanna Marie Datsun (back Center), HF # 1136, Jason Peterson (back center left), and HF # 916 - Katie Marrin (front left) in front of the wind tunnel. | Hellfish # 1145 - Olivia Bauder after making a tandem jump | Hellfish # 1145 - Olivia Bauder with HF # 1146 - Nick Schrand |
Hellfish # 1145 - Olivia Bauder with HF # 1144 - Jason Bauder in the midst of packing | Hellfish # 1144 - Jason Bauder. Jason is a member of the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team!!! | Hellfish # 1144 - Jason Bauder | Hellfish # 1144 - Jason Bauder with his Dad, Dale. It looks like they are both going to jump but I think Dad has a pilot's rig on?? |
Hellfish # 1143 - Jason Hockenberry | Hellfish # 1143 - Jason Hockenberry | Hellfish # 1143 - Jason Hockenberry | Hellfish # 1142 - Ralph Novak |
Hellfish # 1142 - Ralph Novak | Hellfish # 1141 - Hugh Funk. Hugh is an Instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy and a member of the Academy's "Wings of Blue" Skydiving Team. | Hellfish # 1141 Hugh Funk | Hellfish # 1141 - Hugh Funk (right) with Stephanie Funk |
Hellfish # 1141 - Hugh Funk (in red) behind either Bill Booth or one half of ZZ Top. | Hellfish # 1140 Brian Bostwick | Hellfish # 1140 Brian Bostwick | Hellfish # 1140 Brian Bostwick (center left) with HF # 916 Katie Marrin (center right) & HF #1134 Joe Graff (right) |
Hellfish # 1139 - Mark Grace | Hellfish # 1139 - Mark Grace | Hellfish # 1139 - Mark Grace | Hellfish # 1137 - Mike Ross |
Hellfish # 1137 - Mike Ross with another satisfied (or terrified) customer. | Hellfish # 1137 - Mike Ross and his Yamaha FZR | Hellfish # 1136 - Jason Peterson | Hellfish # 1136 - Jason Peterson (right) with HF # 1074, Hanna Marie Datsun (right center) |
Hellfish # 1136 - Jason Peterson (Left) with HF # 1137 - Mike Ross, HF # 1974 - Hanna Marie Datsun and HF # 1075 - Cecil Jolley. | Hellfish # 1135 - Jennifer "Jen" Johnson taking her father for a skydive. | Hellfish # 1135 - Jen Johnson looking Bad Ass | Hellfish # 1135 - Jen Johnson |
Hellfish # 1134 - Joe Graff | Hellfish # 1134 - Joe Graff (right) with HF # 916, Katie Marrin (white suit) and HF # 1140, Brian Bostwick (left center). OK, it is pretty clear from this photo that these people are truly Hellfish - and up to something. | Hellfish # 1134 - Joe Graff Tandem Instructor for Jen Johnson's father (I think) | Hellfish # 1133 - Crystal Lynne Owens |
Hellfish # 1133 - Crystal Lynne Owens in front of Out of the Blue Skydivings high-tail King Air. |
Hellfish # 1133 - Crystal and Alex (HF# 936) heading for the Mother of all Boogies in Moab, UT | Hellfish # 1132 - Kendrick Dane (Kay Dee) in the left seat of a plane which looks like it would hold a ton of jumpers - if properly set up. |
Hellfish # 1132 - Kay Dee - Landing after a wing suit jump around Moab, Utah ( I'm guessing Mineral Bottom). I hope he jumped out of airplane rather than off those cliffs in the background. |
Hellfish # 1132 - Kendrick Dane doing a back flip off the Perrine in Twin Falls while Chad Henderson (Hellfish #1149) does an unpacked jump beside him. |
Hellfish # 1131 - Lee Kizziar. Lee owns "Red Hat Packing Company" and was previously a rigger in the U.S. Army. Lee has over 1,000 jumps. |
Hellfish # 1131 - Lee Kizziar with his wife. | Hellfish # 1131 - Lee Kizziar at a ballon festival. No Jumping?? |
Hellfish # 1130 - Drew Jacobs skiing in Colorado | Hellfish # 1130 - Drew Jacobs in the foreground | Hellfish # 1130 - Drew Jacobs doing a balloon jump near South Park, CO. |
Hellfish # 1129 - Aaron Mullins at 1,800 feet and above the clouds on an antenna East of Denver. |
Hellfish # 1129 - Aaron Mullins (blue jacket) with HF # 1033 - Tyler Loeffler (right) and Scott Murga (left). Nice platform; looks like a free stander which means minimal height | Hellfish # 1129 - Aaron Mullins over Mokuleia Beach on the north shore of Oahu. | Hellfish # 1128 - Jonneke van Dooren in her most serious pose. | Hellfish # 1128 - Jonneke van Dooren - a hard day at the office shooting Tandem Video for Freefall Thailand |
Hellfish # 1128 - Jonneke van Dooren - Hmmmmmmmm...... Nice photo. | Hellfish # 1128 - Jonneke van Dooren at the KL Tower International BASE Jump 2018 - with HF #2 - Marty MacDonald | Hellfish # 1127 - Jason Mainstone | Hellfish # 1127 - Jason Mainstone doing the biplane at the WFFC I'd guess. |
Hellfish # 1127 - Jason Mainstone | Hellfish # 1126 - Dan Maertens. | Hellfish # 1126 - Dan Maertens | Hellfish # 1126 - Dan Maertens |
Hellfish # 1125 - Steve Landberg | Hellfish # 1125 - Steve Landberg along with HF #884 Stew Elder, HF # 934 - Lisa Miller, and HF #995 Josh Magil | Hellfish # 1125 - Steve Landberg - a CReW Dog - on the bottom I think. | Hellfish # 1124 - Ron Manter at Midwest FreeFall SPC in Ray, MI. |
Hellfish # 1124 - Ron Manter (center left) doing a 5-Way with Chris Pingston (HF # 941 - center right), Jason Romanack (HF # 1114 on the left), Marty MacDonald (HF # 2 right) and Larry Ekstrom (HF #121 - taking photo). | Hellfish # 1124 - Ron Manter (left) with Chris Pingston (HF # 941 - right) on the same 5-way as previous photo. |
Hellfish # 1123 - Ashley Lewis (center right) helps Aaron Burwell (far right - HF #794) to celebrate his Birthday with a Horny Gorilla Dive with HF # 1122 Blaine Murphy (far left) and HF # 1121 - Scott Schumacher (in red). | Hellfish # 1123- Ashley Lewis with her husband Aaron ( a Serviceman) and her two children. |
Hellfish # 1123 - Ashley Lewis | Hellfish # 1122 - Blaine Murphy with a friend about to make a tandem jump inTexas. | Hellfish # 1122 - Blaine Murphy with Jake Strain getting ready to do a tandem jump. | Hellfish # 1122 - Blaine Murphy (left) with HF #1121 - Scott Schumacher (in red), HF #1123 - Ashley Lewis (center right) and Aaron Burwell (HF # 794 - far right) celbrate Aaron's Birthday with a Horny Gorilla jump over Skydive Temple, TX. |
Hellfish # 1121 - Scott Schumacher from Skydive Temple in Texas with HF # 1027 - Joey Nenni (center) | Hellfish # 1121 - Scott Schumacher - doing the "Bat Hang" from a Cessna 182 over Skydive Temple in Texas. | Hellfish # 1121 - Scott Schumacher (left) - getting ready to help Aaron Burwell (center - HF #794) make his Birthday Jump memorable. Sam King in the back. | Hellfish # 1120 - Ryan "The Bull" Uhley driving to the DZ |
Hellfish # 1120 - Ryan Uhley exits the Caravan over Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI. | Hellfish # 1120 - Ryan Uhley having some head down fun | Hellfish # 1119 - Cari Napier is a Nurse, a Cancer survivor and an avid Skydiver | Hellfish # 1119 - Cari Napier flying her wingsuit - looks like it's over Sebastian FL. |
Hellfish # 1119 - Cari Napier is in the 9 O'Clock position on this 10-Way (in pink). Across from her in the 6 O'Clock position is Hellfish #517 - Dustin Fowler. | Hellfish # 1119 - Cari Napier (in black) and Jennifer Faye (HF # 1015) with their new Hellfish patches. On the left is Kyle Schroeder (HF #1095) and on the far right is HF #2 | Hellfish # 1118 - Alan Ye with his Mom after a jump at Skydive Tecumseh / Napoleon | Hellfish # 1118 - Alan Ye is in the 7 O'Clok postion in this 9-Way |
Hellfish # 1118 - Alan Ye with HF #2 show off their "Don't Be Stupid" wrist bands presented to them by HF #844 Matt Ziegler | Hellfish # 1117 - Abe Unger packing at Midwest Freefall in Ray, MI | HELLFISH 4-WAY: Left to Right - HF #121 - Larry Ekstrom; HF # 130 Michael Matthews; HF # 1117 - Abe Unger; and HF #2 - Marty MacDonald. | Abe (HF # 1117) on right with Larry Ekstrom (HF # 121) on the left and HF # 130 Mike Matthews in center. |
Hellfish # 1116 - Norbert Rys (center) with Larry Ekstrom (HF # 121 - left) and Marty MacDonald (HF # 2 - right) @ Midwest Freefall | Norbert (HF # 1116) on left with Larry Ekstrom (HF # 121) on the right. | Norbert Rys (HF # 1116) with his two sons. | Branden Minuth - U.S. Navy SEAL Team 2 - Hellfish #1115 - being introduced during a Lions Football Game as a part of the NFL's salute to our Military Personnel |
Branden Minuth - SEAL Team 2 (HF #1115) Jumping into the stadium of his Alma Mater, Bay City Western H.S. prior to giving the Commencement speech to the 2016 graduating class. | Branden Minuth - SEAL Team 2 (HF #1115) on a jump at Midwest Freefall June 28th, 2018 in Ray, Michigan | Jason Romanack - Hellfish #1114 - waiting for the "green light" over Midwest Freefall on June 6th, 2018 | Jason Romanack (HF # 1114) exits first on a 3-Way with Larry Ekstrom and Adam Moyer |
Hellfish #1114, Jason Romanack - where is your rig man? | Adam Moyer- Hellfish #1113 - over Midwest Freefall on JUne 6th | Adam Moyer (HF #1113) in the middle-front in blue. Others include Robbie Roncelli (HF # 1064), Larry Ekstrom (HF # 121), Sebastian Mizgala (HF # 1023), and Kyle Schroeder (HF # 1095) | Adam Moyer (HF # 1113) in blue far right with Claire Greenshields (HF # 1065), Dierdre Knobelock (HF # 1079) next to Adam, adn I'm going to need some help with the otheers names. |
Kinsey Taylor - Hellfish #1112 | Kinsey Taylor (Hellfish #1112) in blue with Stew Elder (HF# 884) and Jeromy Alexander (HF # 797). | Kinsey Taylor (Hellfish #1112) OK, we are officially impressed | Andy Heins - Hellfish #1111 just got his A License. He is in the brand new hangar at Skydive Tecumseh / Napoleon |
Andy Heins (HF #1111) @ Skydive Tecumseh / Napoleon | Andy Heins (HF #1111) @ Skydive Tecumseh / Napoleon | Corey "Dangles" Hewitt (HF #1110) demonstrating his innate Hellfish skills. | Corey Hewitt (HF #1110) @ Midwest Freefall |
Corey Hewitt (HF #1110) on the left with Matt Ziegler (HF # 844 - on right) and Chris Bohn (top - HF #920) @ Midwest Freefall | Nate Plumb (center) - Hellfish #1109 - with Eric Kastanis (HF #1098 on the left) prepping for Bridge Day in West Virginia | Nate Plumb (left - HF #1109) with Robbie Roncelli (center red - Hellfish #1064) and Eric Kastanis (center rear with GoPro - HF #1098) at Midwest Freefall | Nate Plumb - Hellfish #1109 - jumping the diving board at the NRGB |
Dominique Baez - HF #1107 (on the right) | Dominique Baez (HF #1107) on the left | Dominique Baez (HF #1107) | Tyler Hudson - Hellfish #1106 - with Missy Carmen (HF #1105) |
Tyler Hudson - Hellfish #1106 | Tyler Hudson - Hellfish #1106 | Melissa "Missy" Carmen - Hellfish #1105 | Missy Carmen (HF #1105) with Tyler Hudson (HF #1006) |
Missy Carmen - Hellfish #1105 | Justin Shafer - Hellfish #1104 | Justin Shafer (HF #1104 - center) with Tyler Hudson (HF #1106 - left) and Missy Carmen (HF #1105 - right) in front of the Skydive Tecumseh bus. | Justin Shafer - Hellfish #1104 - checking the spot |
Brad Patterson - Hellfish #1101 @ The Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls | Brad Patterson - Hellfish #1101 doing a cliff jump in the French Alps (I'm thinking). | Rich Rigdon,The River Angel - Hellfish #1100. To the left is Sean Chuma - HF #725 and to the right is Avery Badenhop - HF #35. We made an exceptions to the rules of entry for Rich Rigdon because without his efforts we doubt that Hellfish #1, John MacDonald, would have survived his horrific crash and injuries at the Perrine on 10-12-17. | Rich Rigdon - Hellfish #1100 |
Rich Rigdon - Hellfish #1100 - coaching in the more important aspects of life in Idaho. | Scott Lazarus - Hellfish #1099. Scott was part of a 4-Way CRW Team that took Silver in Sequentials at the 2016 Nationals | Scott Lazarus - Hellfish #1099. Does this guy look hung over. Should he even be jumping?? ha-ha | Scott Lazarus - Hellfish #1099 |
Eric Kastanis - Hellfish #1098 - @ Midwest Freefall | Eric Kastanis (HF #1098) center-rear with Nate Plumb (left) and Robbie Roncelli (HF #1064) @ Midwest Freefall. | Eric Kastanis (left) - Hellfish #1096 with Nate Plumb (foreground - HF # 1109) & ? @ Bridge Day 2016 | Eric Kastanis (HF#1098) with Terry Payne (HF #1097) @ Midwest Freefall. |
Terry Payne - Hellfish #1097 - getting advice from Jeffey (Jeff McCarty - HF #71) before exiting. That spells trouble. | Terry Payne - Hellfish #1097 - Introducing his nephew to skydiving. | Terry Payne - Hellfish #1097 - Introducing another nephew to skydiving | Doug "Diggler" Moomey - Hellfish #1096 @ Midwest Freefall |
Doug "Diggler" Moomey - Hellfish #1096 - on the left @ Midwest Freefall | Doug "Diggler" Moomey - Hellfish #1096 | Kyle Schroeder - Hellfish #1095 - @ Midwest Freefall | Kyle Schroeder - Hellfish #1095 - @ Midwest Freefall in the foreground |
Kyle Schroeder - Hellfish #1095 - @ Midwest Freefall | Taylor "Whitey" Meade - Hellfish #1094 - @ Midwest Freefall | Taylor "Whitey" Meade - Hellfish #1094 - @ Midwest Freefall | Taylor "Whitey" Meade - Hellfish #1094 - @ Midwest Freefall |
Trent Campbell - Hellfish #1093 - Making a tandem skydive. | Trent Campbell - Hellfish #1093 | Trent Campbell - Hellfish #1093 - @ Skydive Tecumseh / Napoleon | Brad Hill - Hellfish #1092 (on the right in yellow)- @ Midwest Freefall. Brad is dirt diving with Pat Solar (HF #95 on the left), Heather Terry (HF #996) and Brad Wallace (HF #982 in orange) |
Brad Hill - Hellfish #1092 - @ Midwest Freefall - check out that attractive and durable Hellfish Decal on his helmet. | Brad Hill - Hellfish #1092 - @ Midwest Freefall packing up after the jump. | The "Geezer Squad" getting ready to set the Michigan State Record for Skydivers over Seventy @ Midwest Freefall. From the left: John Fisher (HF #1090), Sam Brown (HF #1088), Larry Ekstrom (HF #121), Marty MacDonald (HF #@), and Doug Coleman (HF #1089). Doug Coleman (HF #1091) shot freefall video for the record. | Troy Buzzard - Hellfish #1091 - @ Midwest Freefall with the Geezer Squad |
Troy Buzzard - Hellfish #1091 - @ Midwest Freefall with the Geezer Squad. Troy will be first out to shoot video for the State Record Attempt. | Troy Buzzard - Hellfish #1091 - @ Midwest Freefall with the Geezer Squad. Troy is in the background shooting video of the successful State Record Attempt. | John Fisher - Hellfish #1090 - @ Midwest Freefall with the Geezer Squad | John Fisher - Hellfish #1090 - @ Midwest Freefall with the Geezer Squad. John on the right in white, Larry Ekstrom in the center in blue and Sam Brown on the left in red. |
John Fisher - Hellfish #1090 - @ Midwest Freefall with the Geezer Squad | Doug Coleman - Hellfish #1089 - @ Midwest Freefall with the Geezer Squad. Larry Ekstrom (HF # 121 in Blue on left) and Marty MacDonald (HF #2 on the right in white) | Doug Coleman - Hellfish #1089 - @ Midwest Freefall with the Geezer Squad | Doug Coleman - Hellfish #1089 - @ Midwest Freefall with the Geezer Squad |
Sam Brown - Hellfish #1088 - @ Midwest Frefall with the Geezer Squad | Sam Brown - Hellfish #1088 - @ Midwest Freefall setting the State Record for Skydivers over Seventy | Sam Brown - Hellfish #1088 - @ Midwest Freefall setting the State Record for Skydivers over Seventy | Marvin Emmons - Hellfish #1087 |
Marvin Emmons - Hellfish #1087 (in red) | Marvin Emmons - Hellfish #1087 | Bob Futrell - Hellfish #1086 (center) with Aaron Burwell (HF #794 on left) and Joey Nenni (HF #1027 on the right) @- @ Skydive Temple in Texas | Bob Futrell - Hellfish #1086 |
Bob Futrell - Hellfish #1086 in yellow | Greg Baltzer - Hellfish #1085 - @ Skydive Tecumseh / Napoleon | Greg Baltzer - Hellfish #1085 | Greg Baltzer - Hellfish #1085 |
John F. Kennedy (aka JFK) - Hellfish #1084 | John F. Kennedy - Hellfish #1084 (right) with Marty MacDonald (HF #2 - center) and Greg Baltzer (HF #1085 (left) | John F. Kennedy - Hellfish #1084 @ Skydive Tecumseh | Stu Anthony - Hellfish #1083 - Thank you for your service!! |
Stu Anthony - Hellfish #1083 | Stu Anthony (HF# 1083) |
Sloan Kanat - Hellfish #1082 making her first skydive with Kenny Beach (HF # 866) as her Tandem Master | Sloan Kanat (HF# 1082) and Kenny Beach with Dad, Steve Kanat (HF # 480) on left and Mom, Kim Kanat (HF #478) on the right. |
Jeff Delorme - Hellfish # 1081 (on the right) with Hellfish #1 (center) and Hellfish #2 (left) at the Perrine |
Jeff Delorme - Hellfish #1081 | Jeff Delorme - Hellfish #1081 - Nice Hellfish Decal on Jeff's Helmet! | Sloan Kanat - Hellfish #1082 making her graduation with Mom (Kim); sister (Keller) and Dad (Steve). |
Ramee Vermeulen - HF #1078 | Ramee Vermeulen (on left) - HF #1078 | Russ Lombardo - Hellfish #1077 | Russ Lombardo - Hellfish #1077 |
Russ Lombardo (HF # 1077) waiting to load for a sunset wingsuit jump | |||
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