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Ted Strong & Bill Booth

Bill Booth - For as long as I can remember, Ted has always been there. I bought my first "real" rig from Ted. When I made my first very own rig, I bought the para-pack, webbing and hardware from Ted. Anytime I had a question about gear or jumping, Ted was always ready to help, although he must have hated selling me everything one yard at a time. Because he has always been there for me, I thought he always would.

This is a truly sad day. We were competitors, but we were friends first.

My favorite memory of Ted is from the early days of tandem when Ted and I were practically the only people in the world doing tandem. We knew we had something special, but we didn't yet know if it would be safe and practical. Up untill this point we had been working separately, but on this day we decided to work together. So we exited a 182 over DeLand with two experience female jumpers, and did the world's first tandem RW..a two-by-four if you wish. There were no drogues yet, and those first tandem parachutes tended to destroy themselves (and the jumpers) every other jump or so if taken to terminal, even with a light passenger. So I guess we were both lucky that day as everything went perfectly.

We landing laughing out loud, shared a round of beer with the girls, and the rest is history. I think we can all agree that tandem jumping has worked out very well indeed.

THANK YOU TED!