Hi, I found this group while getting nostalgic about skydiving. I learned skydiving when I lived in Papua New Guinea (in the South West Pacific) in 1971. We had a small group of skydivers who jumped from Cessna 172 and Cessna 180. I bought a Thunderbow in 1971.I believe it was the second one exported from the USA. Red with a white arrow. We carefully unpacked it and examined the packing procedure. The instructions were of little help. just said "pack as normal." I found that the T'Bow opened a little harder than a PC Mk1. It had slightly more forward speed than a PC, but sank slightly faster too. Controls felt slightly dead in comparison to the PC. About all that can be said in its favour was that it looked different (which was why I bought it). If I was to do it again I'd probably buy a PC. Mike Smith
