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Well, I was the DZ rigger at the time and I've never heard that story about Lou. First, he was from Illinois, not Michigan (Sabrina was from Michigan). Lou, who was a habitial low puller, had a high speed mal which he cut away somewhere under 1000'. The top of his reserve was just starting to inflate on impact. Sabrina had some sort of mal on her main and cutaway and was UNABLE to pull her reserve. I put the fish scale on the rig and buried it (over 90lbs). Didn't matter, 2000lbs would not have been any better. The housing was attached in such a way on the early SST rigs, that a very short person like her would have a total every time. The pin had to make a 90 degree turn into the housing. We reported this to the builder and they changed how the housing was routed/attached to solve this issue. Too late for Sabrina... i recall jumps shacks motto in one of their old ads was something to the effect that they" got it right the first time" I always knew Lou would go in one day, still sad when it finally happened

the chute shop was started by John Higgins, Ron Edwards, and Harry Burlin back in the ealy sixties. any oldtimers know where they are today?

yeah,BUT, knowin snyd like i did it sounds entirely plausible.

1.5 oz fabric (known in the industry as 30/70)was 0-3 cfm

F111 did not exist in 1974

so aside from dz.com what other skydiving websites or forums does everyone visit?

i think ted first built them around 1972 .he designed and built his STYLEMASTER harness /containers before that,around 1968/69.

EXACTLY

speaking of joey, soes he still operate Delta Parachute Systems?

thats what i thought. but remember safety flyer reserves? they had continuos a/b lines.

ok i have a question that has me wondering...... if you have a canopy that has a continuous a/b line ,how much load (theoretical) would those 2 lines hold before breaking? in other words, if you have an A suspension line made of say 600lb material(vectran spectra whatever) that attaches to the A line attach point on the canopy,then runs down thru the connector link then back up to the B l.a.p.,would it be able to take 1200 lbs? or would it break at 600?

a very experiened jumper (who had been a test jumper at para flite) was playing with the no pilotchute deal.had maybe 10 or so jumps on it and had been experiencing lots of problems(streamer/highspeed mal). on his fatal jump he experienced a high speed mal and apparently played with it trying to get it to open.lost track of time/altitude and finally VERY low(300 feet or so) just deployed his reserve into the mess,where it entangled. same jumper some 10 months previously, got into a similar situation where he lost track of time/ altitude and fired his reserve off low w/o cutting away.resulted in 200 ft opening. this was in mar 78 before square reserves. intoxicating substances may have been present.

As a rule, needle woven webbings and tapes are not acceptable for use in load bearing areas on man rated products.

anyone have contact info for parastock? i need some curved pins/

are you looking for the part that you hit with a hammer?or the the part that holds the capewell?

yeah but for the same price at dj associates ya get CERTIFIED materials.

i could reveal my souces,but then i would have to kill you. guns dont kill people...bullets do

amen brother

today is the 21st aniversary of his passing. he was ,i understand ,a regular at cal city.did some absolutely amazing parachuting stunts.anyone here remember him?

today is the 21 st anniversary of stuntman dar robinsons passing. i understand he used to jump at cal city.the man did some truly ammazing stunt work.and never was injured during a stunt,yet died during a "routine" motorcycle ride.antone want to share their experiences and thoughts on him?

maybe someone will open up at Fox Field in lancaster or reopen apple valley????

note how the canopy is already starting to take air. also notice that the skirt is also becoming uneven ,(at left about 2 feet up from rest of skiert)this is a partial malfunction in the making ,and the best example of one of the reasons diapers were invented.

Ken Rounds at Lancaster california DZ .taken by Chip Maury

just saw that actress deborah kerr,who starred in "the gypsy moths " with burt lancaster has died.

so SKY DIVE EAST no longer exists?