TF# 15, FB#4103
AGE: 57
USPA # 145265
LICENSE# D23151
E-Mail: john@kallend.net
WEB: http://www.iit.edu/~kallend
FIRST JUMP: October 1997
AFP GRAD: July 1998
JUMPS: 1150
NAKED: !!
STYLE: None
RIG: Javelin
MAIN: Stiletto
MALFUNCTIONS: No thanks
JUMPSHIPS: Twin Otter, Grand Caravan, CASA, C182, King Air, Porter,
Pitts Special, DC3, Skyvan, Allouette helicopter.
HOME DZ: Skydive Chicago
OTHER DZS: Millennium Skydiving, Skydive Illinois, Z-Hills, Pahokee,
Quincy, Headcorn (England), East Troy (WI), Hastings (MI), Eloy,
Sebastian, Hinckley.
OCCUPATION:Professor of engineering.
OTHER HOBBIES: Flying (full-size), R/C model planes and helicopters,
big model rockets.
MEMORABLE JUMPS: Inverted biplane jump at Quincy. 10-Way Speed, US Nationals,
2002
FAMILY JUMPERS: One son (of 4) is airborne qualified, US Army.
FIRST JUMP STORY: Offered to be faculty sponsor of college
skydiving club. Made one tandem jump just to be a good sport, and got
addicted.
LIKE: Girls, planes, skydiving
DISLIKE: Liver