ranger911

Those rigs were and are "bombproof ". I tested them with dummies and live, headdown , high speed openings. The only stronger rigs I built were for the Space Shuttle program that had 8 layers of main lift web webbing. NASA OVERKILL/OVERENGINEERING. Also, R2 was my Inspection Stamp. Jose was assigned R1.

I believe that I have the original TSO paperwork in storage. My testing harness is still in my living room closet... all black and chrome.

Hardware was the biggest cost of making harnesses. Especially Capewells. Also several accidents happened with entanglements prompted canopy releases changes, with Bill Booth being the big winner .