Canopy - unique

[howardwhite 6]

This is a garden-variety Pioneer lo-po, DOM July 64. It is, however, unique in one respect.
Care to explain why?

HW

[3331 137]

Low porosity coated F 111.

I Jumped with the guys who invented Skydiving.

[airtwardo 7]

Ugly patches?

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[piper17 1]

You mean something aside from being an ugly color pattern?

"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

[MrPeapit 0]

Missing rear panels?

1st jump August 6, 1977.
Last jump July 8, 2006.

[PeteS 0]

Taffeta construction?

[howardwhite 6]

To clarify....ignore the patches, the ugliness.
When new, it was the only one like it, although essentially a stock canopy.
It still is.
Why?

HW

[darkwing 5]

Is that a double line attachment? Has it had a gore removed and the line doubled so it stays centered?

I'm also tempted to agree with the taffeta issue.

-- Jeff
My Skydiving History

[MakeItHappen 15]

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This is a garden-variety Pioneer lo-po, DOM July 64. It is, however, unique in one respect.
Care to explain why?

HW

Dunno for sure, but it really looks weird - even beyond the hideous color pattern.

I would guess that it has alternating block and bias gore patterns. Maybe that was the motivation for the color pattern?

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[lodestar 0]

I'm inclined to the double lines seen on three places in the picture.
Not sure why but that might be what you're talking about.

[ripcordkid 0]

last one built before paracommander production?

[Guru312 0]

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I'm inclined to the double lines seen on three places in the picture.
Not sure why but that might be what you're talking about.

Yes, that's what I thought, too.

Although maybe the uniqueness is the lack of an apex.

Guru312

I am not DB Cooper

[rdufokker 6]

For some reason the steering cutouts don't look the same or is it just my eyes?

Irony: "the History and Trivia section hijacked by the D.B. Cooper thread"

[airtwardo 7]

When it's open, it looks like the NBC Peacock?

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[JerryBaumchen 1,338]

Hi howard,

Since you say 'garden-variety lo-po' that would mean that it is bias-construction ( not block; that just looks possible since it is distorted as it is hanging ) and that it is made of 1.6 material ( not taffeta; which is a fabric & not a method of construction ).

Is it a single-T 28 ft reserve?

Just a WAG,

JerryBaumchen

[howardwhite 6]

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I'm inclined to the double lines seen on three places in the picture.
Not sure why but that might be what you're talking about.

There really aren't any "double lines" or other strange construction things. There is a conventional vent (with a vent cap.).
As there was no wind today , we couldn't inflate it so had to drape it on the Otter mockup and other assorted things.
The uniqueness is more of a sales/marketing thing than a design/construction thing.

HW

[airtwardo 7]

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I'm inclined to the double lines seen on three places in the picture.
Not sure why but that might be what you're talking about.

There really aren't any "double lines" or other strange construction things. There is a conventional vent (with a vent cap.).
As there was no wind today , we couldn't inflate it so had to drape it on the Otter mockup and other assorted things.
The uniqueness is more of a sales/marketing thing than a design/construction thing.

HW

It looks like a logo of some kind.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[ryoder 1,590]

The pattern and colors were chosen by Stevie Wonder?

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[g2gjump 0]

It looks iike a native american star quilt

[councilman24 37]

Don't know what is unique about it but it sure looks like there are two lines going to some of the attachment points. Are there? If so that's something I've never seen before.

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

[jimmytavino 16]

when inflated....does it look like a Butterfly?????

if so,
it could be a papillon........
BEFORE there were papillons....

just guessing...
jmy

[howardwhite 6]

Stop, already. I said it doesn't have any double line attachments.
It's a Pioneer 28-foot lopo with a Hustler modification.
Only someone with a old Pioneer catalog or ads is gonna figger this one out.

HW

[MakeItHappen 15]

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Stop, already. I said it doesn't have any double line attachments.
It's a Pioneer 28-foot lopo with a Hustler modification.
Only someone with a old Pioneer catalog or ads is gonna figger this one out.

HW

How about a demo canopy for the 1st National Skydiving Convention June 8-15, 1965 in Las Vegas, NV, sponsored by the Hotel Thunderbird?

The mags then (64-65) did not have Pioneer ads.

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[councilman24 37]

Have you looked at the photo? (Okay, I'll stop. Just trying to understand what we're seeing.)

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

[councilman24 37]

Hey, Howard.

It's amazing what you find looking for Pioneer ads.


This really you?

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