FlyingBlueJay 0 #1 October 14, 2007 Hey everyone, My dad used to jump with the British Military back in 1962-1964 and used Para-Commanders. I have been talking to him about the sport now and showing him all about ram-air canopies. It blew his mind. Anyway, does anyone have pictures of any P-Cs from that era? I'm curious to see what he used to jump. -RThere is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Pick a nice day, and try it. - Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #2 October 14, 2007 Go look in the photography fourm under post your best shot, I just posted a bunch in there.you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #3 October 15, 2007 Here are three, one from the jumper's point of view. (In the event you can't figure it out, the black portion at the bottom of the picture is the front.) The heavier lines from the risers to the center of the canopy are crown lines, which pull down the center. Small prize for identifying the jumper landing near the elephant. (He's still actively jumping in Southern California.) HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zing 2 #4 October 15, 2007 I'm guessing its Jim Wallace.Zing Lurks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoobrothertom 5 #5 October 15, 2007 The 2nd photo looks like a starlite!____________________________________ I'm back in the USA!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cosmobuddy 0 #6 October 15, 2007 The PC-Smoke jpeg looks like a UT-15.www.SkydiveLostPrairie.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark 105 #7 October 15, 2007 QuoteThe heavier lines from the risers to the center of the canopy are crown lines, which pull down the center. Oops! The center lines are, well, center lines. Crown lines go from the uppermost part of each radial seam to the pilot chute attachment point. Thanks for this continuing series. I'm looking forward to the next one! Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #8 October 15, 2007 You're quite right about my oops. I know better, didn't think as I typed. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,083 #9 October 15, 2007 Hi cosmo, I agree, that is not a PC. I was thing Ruskie also. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastphil 0 #10 October 15, 2007 My ole red, white and blue... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpUpMyAss 0 #11 October 15, 2007 I jumped a buddie's short-lined PC 7 years ago at 220 lbs. This how a fat boy does a plf. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lekstrom10k 0 #12 October 15, 2007 Our DZ used these for student canopies for years. For talking them down it was great ,we knew which way they were facing wether they did or not. I made over 1500 on PC's and only one cut-away. It was better odds than my Baby and Para-Planes ropes and rings one out of twenty. I jumped the regular 24 ,competition. 27 Ruskies. 28 and 32., also the RW. I saw to many hard landings on the 23 Russian to want one of my own. Each one had its own personality. My yellow and black checker board was great for stand-ups My Red Baron matched my rig . I had a Carousel from my buddy getting out of the sport,etc etc.I still have a 1964 Golden Knights I am holding for Steve if he ever wants back in the sport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #13 October 15, 2007 I grabbed the pic from my half-vast archives because it was labelled PC and it was pretty. I didn't look too carefully at it. The son of the guy who took it tells me it is Chuck Embury jumping a Russian PC (the Pioneer version) into a shopping center in Orange/Athol MA in the early seventies. Sharp eyes out there.By the way, the jumper in the elephant picture is Rich Piccirilli. The elephant was part of a Jacques Istel publicity thing at Orange, MA. Rich also has given me some pictures of JAI, D-2, on the elephant HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BCA 1 #14 October 15, 2007 As I recall, the first PC's hit the market in 1964. BCA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andrewhilton 1 #15 October 16, 2007 Russian and Mark 1 PC pictures attached, recently taken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #16 October 16, 2007 A day after I posted this, I have learned with sadness of the death Oct. 15 of Chuck Embury. I knew and worked with Chuck from 1969, when he and Tom McCarthy arrived from Canada to work at and later manage the Orange Sport Parachute Center. Chuck went on to become sales manager at PI, which was a major distributor of gear, especially from Pioneer. He went to Elsinore when PI ran the center there, and later got into hang gliding. He was seriously and permanently injured in a hang gliding accident. I have posted a separate item in "Blue Skies," which includes a farewell note from his former wife, Maryanne. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites