Any reserve age testing going on?

[zipplewrath 1]

I've got two reserves, ones been packed 25 years, the other for 14 years. I'm wondering if anyone is doing reserve age testing where they could make use of such things?

[councilman24 36]

Too many variables and unknowns for any drop test to be meaningful. Go jump them yourself for grins.

BTW I have one packed 82 years ago and one packed about 50 years ago. Pretty sure the silk in the old would shred.

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

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zipplewrath

I've got two reserves, ones been packed 25 years, the other for 14 years. I'm wondering if anyone is doing reserve age testing where they could make use of such things?

I had heard that some years ago, George Galloway from Precision Aero had some similar reserves that had been packed a long time, and had done test drops or was planning to do test drops with them. Please contact him with what you have. Any parachute like this can provide valuable data.