Suffolk: As Norman Olson paced around the red shed, his wife leaned over and nudged their daughter. "See how your daddy gets when he’s out here?" Bobbie Olson said. "He’s so in the zone." After 46 years of marriage Bobbie Olson knows what makes her husband tick. And skydiving is definitely one of those things."

On Friday, Olson 74, a retired Navy Captain and SEAL, joined a couple of his buddies at SkyDive Suffolk and reminisced about the days when they did this type of thing for a living. "Oh, I love it" he said. "I guess it’s true what they say, it’s like riding a bicycle…but I know my bicycle is a little rusty."

Olson, a former commanding officer at Little Creek Amphibious Base, said he started jumping again near his home in Florida. A SEAL reunion weekend last year put the taste back in his mouth and this year’s get-together, being held this weekend was his motivation.

Olson said he he’d logged more than 2,000 jumps when he retired from the Navy in 1983 and a few more by the time he retired his parachute in 1984. Getting back in the groove of jumping was bit daunting since he’d been away so long. "I’m not as comfortable as I’d like to be, but I’m getting there." he said.

Jumping with Olson was SEAL classmate Frank Moncrief, who lives in Virginia Beach.

Moncrief, 75, retired from jumping and the Navy in 1972, but a little trash talking got him back in the game in 2002. He said the

Olson and Moncrief say their ages do not dictate their activities. "I’m a reasonably healthy man" Olson said. "My mind is still clear and there’s really nothing keeping me from jumping.

I may be 75 Moncrief said, "but I live between 38 and 42 because they were my best years. "The duo haven’t jumped together in more than 30 years , but you would never know it by watching them in action. Both executed picture-perfect landings.

Frank Moncrief (circa 38-42) with shark

Olson, however was not pleased with his in-air performance. He said his exit from the plane was flawed.

"How about that landing," he exclaimed, just before he got ready for his second jump. "At least I got that much out of this deal, but we’ve got to go again because I’ve got to fix that last jump!"

By Michelle E. Shaw, Virginia Pilot. July 16 2005