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Records

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Does anyone have an information source indicating which records Roger held?Rklawton (talk) 17:34, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Books

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Does anyone have a list of books Roger has authored? Does his unpublished book have a title yet? Rklawton (talk) 17:34, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy

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Does anyone know if any of Guy Manos' movies had a character(s) or plot(s) that were inspired by Roger? The connections certainly exist (Guy & Roger were rivals, and Roger ran drugs from South America). Rklawton (talk) 17:34, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Contributions to skydiving

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What documented contributions did Roger make to skydiving? I know he was Captain of the Olympic demo team. I'm pretty sure he was the one who pushed the USPA to allow BOC on student rigs. I think we could use some more detail on the Freak Brother's contributions as well as how the WFFC evolved from the FB Convention. He also worked as a consultant to DZOs regarding their operations and marketing.Rklawton (talk) 17:34, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of Guy Manos, someone really needs to write up an article about him. He also holds skydiving records, and he's coordinated stunts, written, directed, produced several movies. Rklawton (talk) 17:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Feel free to add or expand--ClubOranjeTalk 01:42, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Great job! Now, about Norman Kent... Rklawton (talk) 03:53, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Next on my list when I get a spare couple of hours, but I propose Norman A Kent as a) that is what IMDB have, and ), there is already a Norm Kent and an Kent Norman, so I was thinking maybe Norman Kent as a disambiguation page.--ClubOranjeTalk 06:13, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
...now done--ClubOranjeTalk 11:23, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Works for me! Rklawton (talk) 16:30, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How about Olav Zipser? Rklawton (talk) 16:57, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

jail time?

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I got to this page from reading that Jim Bakker shared a cell with Roger Nelson, but this artivle doesn't make any note of jail time.Kag427 (talk) 23:33, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure it does. Rklawton (talk) 02:49, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
From the Later Life section...sentenced to ten years in federal prison...He served five years ... --ClubOranjeT 02:53, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oh yeah, oops. Kag427 (talk) 05:02, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]