The Ranney's Hospitality to the 1972 Australian Parachute Team

In 1972 the Australian Team taking part in the 11th WPC in Tahlequah, Oklahoma were on their way back to San Francisco and were hosted in Phoenix, Arizona by  Bob and Candy.   A great time was had by all, eating a traditional American turkey dinner, riding motor cycles through the Arizona dessert, water skiing on Lake Apache, swimming at "Great Sur" a man-made surf beach in the desert and riding the rapids on the Salk River in truck tyre tubes.

Those who remember Claude wearing his Stetson hat on the dropzone have Bob and Candy to thank.   Claude had admired Norm Heaton's cowboy hat at the World Meet and he was presented with an authentic Stetson by these Arizona Skydivers.