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Can anyone tell me if there is still a jump club at MCB Quantico, VA? I started skydiving there in early 1962. At the time, the DZ was located between "mainside" and Camp Barrett. We were jumping the big Sikorsky H-34's from the Air Station. It would be great to hear from anyone that was jumping there at the time.

Bonehead Guner. Looks good ( I refuse to say cool ), is quiet and comfortable and holds 2 audibles. I don't think it would be the best in a serious head-banging, though.

Ditto me, but strangely enough, more on the way home. Adrenaline still working?

I use chute as often as not. The central point here is that everyone knows what you mean by using chute. You have fulfilled the function of communication.

Me, occasionally. Not if I have to land them.... Wear a good pair of boots. I've crashed harder under a square than a PC. ankle cant take that

My first sport rig was a 28' C9 with a blank gore modification and T7A reserve.

Me, occasionally.

Ted Strong

Chuck, PM me about the MC-3, please. Thanks

I am looking for the Tech manual for the military MC-3 system, virtually identical to the Pioneer Pioneer. The number is TM 10-1670-264-13 & P. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks everyone.

Still got you beat. I got close to 100 PC jumps. But I'm sure there are tons of others that post that will make me look like a baby in the sport when it comes to S/L and PC jumps. Yeah, you guys are rookies on T-10's and PC's.

I jump a MC-4 with 370 sq ft canopies. I always flat pack them. There is just TOO much material to pro pack. We won't get into the weight of a canopy that large, either.

I'd love to see you shop in a department store or other retail outlet after telling the cashier you don't pay RRP for anything.

I had my right femur broken in 8 places. I had 2 1/2 pounds of stainless steel in my femur for 2 years. I was off work for 6 months, had 8 months of physical therapy and limped for a year. After 2 years the metal was removed and I had to wait another year for that to heal. All in all, I didn't jump for 3 1/2 years on Doctors advice and wife's threats. Did a lot of walking and leg exercises, especially for the quadraceps - thousands of leg lifts with 5 pounds of weight strapped to my ankle. All for the best as I completely healed and do not limp.

Wear a hard, full head helmet. Protects your hearing and your head.

I have seen a diaper-deployed round reserve open with a full inversion, then landed safely. Does that prove or disprove your point? Mark YES

Deploy both main and reserve, put them loosely into a kit bag or other suitable container and store them in a cool, dark, DRY place. Don't know about the Cypres batteries...but I can't see where it would hurt to remove them. DO NOT store them in the same bag/box/whatever as the rig.

Will 15 years do? IMO a round with a mesh skirt and a full stowage diaper, (not type one deployment). That said I wouldn't choose to jump a round again

Parafoil is the only way to go for accuracy.

Amen, Tom. It amazes me that so many people consider a round canopy to be a "death rig". According to them, bodies must have littered the older dz's. I have seen more injuries from squares than I ever did with rounds....we did not consider ourselves bulletproof back then. And I won't even get into the malfunction rates of squares. The only way to kill yourself under an open round is to literally fly it into something. Not so today.

Why do you say no one jumps rounds any more? I jump a SET-10 twice a month. I still have an airworthy PC that I jump occasionally. A freefall at terminal velocity on a sleeve deployed canopy opens no harder than a square. A good plf is usually required, but that sometimes is true of my square.

I second that - the ParaCommander rules. The Thunderbow is similar, but do yourself a favor - get a PC.

I think a bigger problem than ambient temperature would be the humidity IN your gear. How would you like your canopy to flash-freeze into a lump way "up there"? Or your cutaway cables freeze in the housings?

Does anyone know if a sleeve-deployed SET-10 or MC-1 canopy will fit into the main compartment of a MT-1XX/MC-4? And yes, I know I'll have to change the risers.