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And you will need TWO stow hooks to do the job properly. There are several things that must be done to safely deploy a T10 from a direct bag system. Try to download a copy of TM 10-1670-293-23&P for rigging instructions.

I'm a little late here, but I think you'll be happy with the Spectre...I love my Spectre 210. It's very forgiving to an old guy like me and gets me back to Terra Firma safely.

I had the pleasure of jumping with Gary Douris in the summer of 1967 at the old Amherst SPC and Frontier Skydivers...he was C3617 at that time. Had the odd e-mail to and from over the years but nothing lately. We have indeed lost a good one!

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I finally found my Poynter's manual. Check page 239 for a full description. Most rounds were converted to full stow diapers back in the 80's but I'm sure some half-stows are still out there.

Yep, I have my 26' steerable conical with half-stow diaper in a Strong Stylemaster container. Still airworthy after all these years! (The canopy, I mean!)

I jumped my MK I PC of 1970 vintage last December. It's getting old and porous but still performs. I can remember my first jump on a PC - probably 1966 or so - I thought I was in heaven. A quantum leap over my 28' cheapos!

"It is my firm belief that the vast majority of current day jumpers would,nt be jumpers if they had to use the gear we had available back then." I could not agree more...real men jump rounds!!

Thanks all, for your answers - although I'm not certain about the last post....LOL!

Does anyone know the effect of a "Sharpie" marker on parachute nylon? I think it might be a bit too much acidic for safe use in marking a canopy. Yes? No?

Jerry,

Here's a SOS'er that would be interested in a PC meet!

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Hi!

Is somebody here flying an overloaded Sabre 2?
I can get a decent deal on a 107....
I like to know how it performs at a wingload of aprox. 1.9.

I will demo it when the wheater is going to be better but maybe you can answer my questions.

I now that it isn´t the recommended WL of PD but do you think it is too high for a Sabre 2?

need it for my backup rig...my primary chute is an x-fire2 119. What do you think about the swoop performance of the 107 sabre2 in comparsion to the x-fire2 ?

thx

We'll be reading about you in the Incidents column in the "Parachutist" magazine.

Back in the day (and getting further back every day!) we would use a rolled-up wind drift indicator as the baton just in case someone did drop it. Intentional drop-tests showed it would just flutter down slowly enough not to damage anything or anyone.

This is a TOUGH audience!

What is "EEC"?

European Economic Community

Get him an MC-4 military rig. It's big and ugly but it works - he would be less than 1:1 wingloading.

Is there a central listing/registry/database of all the FAA Senior and Master Riggers that is accessible to the public?

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Okay, y'all....a question for you PC experts. I currently own an all-black MK I PC dated 1970...no colors at all - solid black. Does this pattern have a name? I'd post a picture if I knew how - I can never get the size down small enough.

Never did get an answer to this solid all-black MK I PC. Anyone know the pattern name?

Several different "things" that are tacked down are done so to keep them in place during use...normal packing procedure. It's hard to tell but this appears to be the standard USAF bail-out rig, manually or automatically operated, quarter-bag-deployed 28' C9 canopy.

Congratulations, Mr. President! May you make many more.

Thanks for the site....got the manual downloaded. I'm glad to see the Army went back to the usual Capewell style 1 1/2 shots. The "new & improved" version was killing people.

I'll bet Beatnik would love to have that canopy!

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Hey, my first parachute had wood on it! Wooden toggles!

Several of mine still do!

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The B-26 was the "Marauder". And then the "Invader"

A common error due to renaming after WW II. The Marauder and the Invader are two completely different aircraft. The Douglas A-26 Invader (B-26 between 1948–1965) was a United States twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Douglas Aircraft Co. The Martin B-26 Marauder was a World War II twin-engine medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company.

Does anyone have a PDF of TM 10-1670-327-23&P, the manual for the MC6 system? Thanks, all!

I have over 1,500 jumps on a PC and it never malfunctioned. I would always flake, fold all the gore openings and sleeve it...basically everything the PC manual said to do. Some openings were better than others but that applies to any canopy I ever jumped.

I still have mine....license type and jump number hangers were available back in the day but I have no idea where or if you can find any today. eBay perhaps?

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Hi Jerry

That may be a different Brian Bowman. This one lives up near Toronto. I'm not normally in touch with him but I might be able to find contact information. I've been a bit curious about his background myself.

Rob

I was in the NYARNG with a Toronto-area Brian Bowman....if you have any contact info, please drop me a PM.

Thanks!
Larry D-2238