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I just checked the chart on their website and here is what it says: *** Please note disclaimer and additional info at bottom!*** Container Size Dimensions (L x W x H) Reserve Canopy F-111 w/ Microline Main Canopy ZP w/ Microline W-1 14 x 10 x 5 PD 106R, Raven-M 109, Techno 96 up to 100 W-2 15 x 10 x 5 PD 106R, Raven-M 109, Techno 96 up to 120 W-3 16 x 10 x 5 PD 106R, Raven-M 109, Techno 96 up to 135 W-4 15 x 10 x 5 PD 113R, Raven-M 120, Tempo 120, PD 126R (tight) 95 - 107 W-5 16 x 10 x 5 PD 113R, Raven-M 120, Tempo 120, PD 126R (tight) 95 - 120 W-6 17 x10 x 5 PD 113R, Raven-M 120, Tempo 120, PD 126R (tight) 120 - 135 W-7 15 x 11 x 5 PD 126R, Raven-M 135, Tempo 150 (tight) 107 - 120 W-8 16 x 11 x 5 PD 126R, Raven-M 135, Tempo 150 (tight) 120 - 135 W-9 17 x 11 x 5 PD 126R, Raven-M 135, Tempo 150 (tight) 135 - 150 W-10-1 16 x 11 x 5 PD 143R, Raven-M 150, Tempo 150, PD 160R (tight), Tempo 170 (tight) 107 - 120 W-10 17 x 11 x 5 PD 143R, Raven-M 150, Tempo 150, PD 160R (tight), Tempo 170 (tight) 135 - 150 W-11 18 x 11 x 5 PD 143R, Raven-M 150, Tempo 150, PD 160R (tight), Tempo 170 (tight) 150-170 W-13-1 16 x 11 x 6 PD 160R, Tempo 170, Raven-M 181, PD 176R (tight) 150 W-13 17 x 11 x 6 PD 160R, Tempo 170, Raven-M 181, PD 176R (tight) 170 W-14 18 x 11 x 6 PD 160R, Tempo 170, Raven-M 181, PD 176R (tight) 190 W-18 17 x 13 x 5 PD 176R, Raven-M 181, Raven-M 218 (tight), PD 193R (tight), Tempo 210 (tight) 170-190 W-19 18 x 13 x 5 PD 176R, Raven-M 181, Raven-M 218 (tight), PD 193R (tight), Tempo 210 (tight) 190-220 W-20 19 x 13 x 5 PD 176R, Raven-M 181, Raven-M 218 (tight), PD 193R (tight), Tempo 210 (tight) 220-240 W-21 18 x 13 x 5 PD 193R, Raven-M 218, Tempo 210, PD 218R (tight) 170-190 W-22 19 x 13 x 5 PD 193R, Raven-M 218, Tempo 210, PD 218R (tight) 190-220 W-23 20 x 13 x 5 PD 193R, Raven-M 218, Tempo 210, PD 218R (tight) 220-240 W-24 17 x 13 x 6 PD 218R, Raven-M 249, Fury 220 200-230 W-25 18 x 13 x 6 PD 218R, Raven-M 249, Fury 220 240-260 W-26 19 x 13 x 6 PD 218R, Raven-M 249, Fury 220 280 W-27 17 x 13 x 7 PD 235R, Raven-M 282, Tempo 250 240-260 W-28 18 x 13 x 7 PD 235R, Raven-M 282, Tempo 250 260-290 W-29 19 x 13 x 7 PD 235R, Raven-M 282, Tempo 250 290-310 W-30 18 x 13 x 7 PD 253R, Raven-M 282, PD 281R (tight) 240-260 W-31 19 x 13 x 7 PD 253R, Raven-M 282, PD 281R (tight) 260-290 W-32 20 x 13 x 7 PD 253R, Raven-M 282, PD 281R (tight) 290-310 ***The above chart assumes main canopies with standard configuration (ie,no no cross-bracing).When ordering your custom Wings please indicate on the order form exactly which main and reserve canopies you intend to use in your new Wings so that we may build you the most suitable container. We are able to accommodate many different combinations of canopies and can create new patterns when necessary. If your main and/or reserve has Dacron lines, be sure to indicate that as well since it does affect pack volume. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us! *** Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S.

Hi everyone. I am Leon Sebek and after reading the threads in this Forum, I thought I should probably make a few comments and update everybody on my current status. Quade and Kizzie92 have the basic facts correct but in checking my Log book, it was actually my 95th jump. I was wearing a full-face Z1, I had a Wings container, a Cobalt Main, Cypres AAD, Galaxy II altimeter and PtoTrack Audible. There is no doubt that the hard shell helmet saved my life and I wouldn't have survived without it,as it was thoroughly crushed at the point of impact. As it was, the CT scan of my head showed that my skull looked like a VERY cracked egg. I broke my spine in two places (C2/C3 and T3/T4) and suffered a rotator cuff tear on landing (obviously I didn't get any accuracy points for that one . I was in a coma at Hamilton General for nearly 4 weeks before coming out of it and NO, I did not see any tunnel or "light", I just experienced some VERY strange dreams . It was supposed to be a twilight 8-way RW jump, with 2 planes of jumpers meeting up in the air. I was the first one out of our plane and moved out to the end of the strut when my pilot chute came out of it's pocket, caught the wind and extracted my main. It wasn't a case of my main coming out of it's container prematurely because of an issue with the closing pin. I saw some photos of the plane afterward and from the looks of things, I nearly tore the right horizontal stabilizer off - it was bent backward quite a bit. A couple of years later, when I met with the officers from the Durham Regional Police Air Support, one of them told me that the pilot must have been extremely skilled to safely land a plane in that condition. I have no idea why no one followed me down to ensure I was safe nor do I understand why the pilot didn't radio the other plane to tell them what had occurred and ask them to follow me down (or even radio the ground and alert them as to the problem) . The next spring, I went to the club's "Safety Day" to see if they were going to implement any new policies or procedures as a result my accident but they didn't seem to have (they were all glad to see that I was alive but that was about the extent of it) . Although I have largely recovered physically, the doctors tell me that because of my traumatic brain injury and it's after-effects, I will never work again. I have not been skydiving since the accident (more due to the fact that I no longer have my rig than any reluctance to jump on my part). I would like to thank all my doctors and the medical staff at both Hamilton General and Toronto Rehab, as well as everyone who prayed for my successful recovery. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S.

I suspect that the pilot chute snagged on something as I was making my way to the door (at least that's what one of the other jumpers on the load claims). Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S.

A couple of items that I thought I might see brought up (and possibly implemented) were: 1) In the event of an accident like mine, either another jumper would follow the injured jumper down, or at the very least, the pilot would radio the ground to inform them of the incident so they could have a "Chase" team go out after the injured skydiver, making locating them that much easier and expedient and 2) Implement a policy of doing pin checks (& re-checks) at this DZ (even though that was not the problem in my case) Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S.

Hi Everyone. I am Leon Sebek and I have recently posted an update on my condition in the forum "General Skydiving Discussions Follow-up -- Leon Sebek -- Press Clips". Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S.

Hi Everyone. I am Leon Sebek and I have recently posted an update on my condition in the forum "General Skydiving Discussions Follow-up -- Leon Sebek -- Press Clips". Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S.

Apparently the jumpers in the other aircraft were unaware of what had transpired and just went through with their jump as per plan. My Main was a Cobalt 170 and luckily, was undamaged. I can only speculate on whether my body struck the tail and caused my spinal injuries, as I was unconscious at the time Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S.

Hello everyone. I'm Leon Sebek and I just posted an update in the "General Skydiving Discussions" forum under the heading "Follow-up -- Leon Sebek -- Press Clips". As I mentioned in that post, Quade and Kizzie92 had most of the facts correct but Quade posted an article from the local paper which had some errors in it (it's odd that non-skydivers can make so many mistakes when writing up a story... gust of wind, indeed?) and Kizzie92 was a wrong when he suggested that I had some consciousness initially after my accident. I was knocked completely unconsciousness after striking the plane and remained that way until I awoke from my coma at Hamilton General 4 weeks later. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S.

Hi everyone. I am Leon Sebek and after reading the threads inn this Forum, I thought I should probably make a few comments and update everybody on my current status. Quade and Kizzie92 have the basic facts correct but in checking my Log book, it was actually my 95th jump. I was wearing a full-face Z1,I had a Wings container, a Cobalt Main, Cypres AAD, Galaxy II altimeter and PtoTrack Audible. There is no doubt that the hard shell helmet saved my life and I wouldn't have survived without it,as it was thoroughly crushed at the point of impact. As it was, the CT scan of my head showed that my skull looked like a very cracked egg. I broke my spine in two places (C2/C3 and T3/T4) and suffered a rotator cuff tear on landing (obviously I didn't get any accuracy points for that one). I was in a coma at Hamilton General for nearly 4 weeks before coming out of it and NO, I did not see any tunnel or "light", I just experienced some VERY strange dreams. It was supposed to be a twilight 8-way RW jump, with 2 planes of jumpers meeting up in the air. I was the first one out of our plane and moved out to the end of the strut when my pilot chute came out of it's pocket, caught the wind and extracted my main. It wasn't a case of my main coming out of it's container prematurely because of an issue with the closing pin. I saw some photos of the plane afterward and from the looks of things, I nearly tore the right horizontal stabilizer off - it was bent backward quite a bit. A couple of years later, when I met with the officers from the Durham Regional Police Air Support, one of them told me that the pilot must have been extremely skilled to safely land a plane in that condition. I have no idea why no one followed me down to ensure I was safe nor do I understand why the pilot didn't radio the other plane to tell them what had occurred and ask them to follow me down (or even radio the ground and alert them as to the problem). The next spring, I went to the club's "Safety Day" to see if they were going to implement any new policies or procedures as a result my accident but they didn't seem to have (they were all glad to see that I was alive but that was about the extent of it). Although I have largely recovered physically, the doctors tell me that because of my traumatic brain injury and it's after-effects, I will never work again. I have not been skydiving since the accident (more due to the fact that I no longer have my rig than any reluctance to jump on my part). I would like to thank all my doctors and the medical staff at both Hamilton General and Toronto Rehab, as well as everyone who prayed for my successful recovery. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S.