Hellfish Michigan and World Record Skydives

On June 21st and 22nd, 2014 Members of The Flying Hellfish set (4) State of Michigan Records and (1) World Record @ Skydive Tecumseh (MI). On the 21st, led by Dale Maddox, a 29-Way Skydive was completed on the 4th attempt to set a new POPS (Parachutists over Phorty) Record for Largest FS Skydive in Michigan by Skydivers over 40. The previous Michigan Record was a 22-Way set August 25th, 2002 also at Tecumseh by many of the same jumpers. On the same day, Larry Ekstrom and Doug Coleman stablished the first Record FS Dive for Jumpers Over Seventy (JOS) - a 2-Way.

On Sunday, June 22nd in one Skydive led by Pat Solar (HF # 95) (2) Michigan Records were set for Skydivers Over Sixty (SOS): Largest FS Dive - an 11-Way and Largest Sequential FS Dive - 2-Point 11-Way. Later Pat announced that the Sequential Record actually broke the Previous World Record of a 2-point 9-Way of SOS jumpers set April 7th, 2014 @ Lake Elsinore, CA

Participants in the POPS Michigan Record 29-Way Skydive were:

Dale Maddox – Organizer (HF # 32)

Mike Crow – Trail Plane Lead (HF # 475)

Ronda Cheever (HF # 33)

Matthias Riemann

“Sporto” Johnson (HF # 69)

Bob Harris (HF # 210)

Mike Reed (HF # 53)

Margaret Crouch (HF # 52)

Doug Eggleston (HF # 883)

Franz Gerschwiler (HF # 405)

Ron Poore (HF # 288)

Keith Rehmel (HF # 425)

Steve Kanat (HF # 480)

Kim Kanat (HF # 478)
Rick Fitzpatrick (HF # 895)

Ed Sped (HF # 887)

Stew Elder (HF # 884)

Ron O’Brien

Mike Nestor (HF # 567)

Larry Ekstrom (HF # 121)

Pat Solar (HF # 95)

Linda Manges (HF # 96)

Larry Stein

Terry (T.C.) Curtis

Tom Ruprecht

Cliff Alfichie (HF # 94)

Gary Wilkinson

Todd ???

Marty MacDonald (HF # 2)

Video – Ryan Hanold (HF # 491)

Video – Brian Sheehan (HF # 565)

1 - POPS 29-Way Photo by Ryan Hanold

1- POPS 29-Way ground shot Photo by Brandi Hinkley - B Cre8tive Photography

Participants in the SOS Michigan and World Record 2-Point 11-Way were:

Pat Solar - Organizer (HF # 95)

Dale Maddox (HF # 32)