aepiper

Kendall Gliderport, SW of Miami, FL. ESP = Everglades Sport Parachutists. My time there was from 1978 until skydiving shut down there (sometime before 1981). We then moved south to Homestead GA airport. ... Alan

I was not too ashamed to almost always do a PLF. One exception that I remember was when I landed out in the coral south of our Kendall Gliderport DZ (South Florida) and a PLF would have been painful. But ANY PC was better than a T-10! Back in the day, we had to have at least 100 T-10 jumps before being allowed to jump a PC. ... Alan

Well THAT explains why my 200+ pounds was rarely able to stand up my MK 2! (Blue Max pattern I think it was called - white, blue, black) I still have it, but it hasn't been jumped since the late '70's. ... Alan

Quote ... the DZ ended up giving us cessna ride home to get a set of spare keys. Did you get out over home, or did you make them land the cessna?

The "bearded one" reminds me of Kevin Keenan, remembered from my old Homestead FL days.

King Of Hearts

GQ built and the look of the main flap makes me think of the GQ rig called the "System" that was introduced in the late 70's/early 80's, around the time that the GQ "Unit" main was introduced. The only "System" that I jumped was owned by Tom Manning or Guy Manos (I think). It had a pull-out, and I only jumped it once or twice at Homestead FL between '78-'81. ***I only looked at the rig briefly, but it's a British rig from the early 80's, a Wonderhog-style rig that I understand was built by GQ.

What method(s) do you use to get your Diablo to open harder (I'm actually interested in finding out how to make mine open a bit faster). One method that I've seen is to not stow the slider tight against the stops. Any others? Thanks!