andrewhilton

Found manual and sent to @stratostar by PM

I think I have a manual but it packs similar to a PC in a sleeve if you are familiar with that already. No stabilizers, 4 centre lines ; packs up a lot smaller than a Mk 1 PC. Will be a few days before I can access the original - I'll track it down if you still need one. Some pics of a T'bow packing sequence at this link https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageparachutegear/sets/72157629894831960

Cirrushardware.co.uk PART NO. 1083 on http://cirrushardware.co.uk/vrings_orings_drings.htm By Phone +44 (0)1772 732 106 By Email [email protected] By Post Unit 21 Leeward Road Ashton-on-Ribble Preston PR2 2TE UK

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageparachutegear/sets/72157622741872232

See https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageparachutegear/albums/72157628083833002 for examples and https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageparachutegear/6326471894/in/album-72157628083833002/ for specific measurements for a Strong Starlite Canopy short sleeve/bag/slag I squeeze a Mk1 PC into such a bag though if making one new for a PC, I'd make it about an inch bigger all round for an easier fit. This then fits into a 280-300 sq foot main container (such as used for students), with a long loop. Hope that helps.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageparachutegear/albums/72157631426299918

I have sleeves and POBs if you want some, PM me

I can provide good scans of these i it would help https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageparachutegear/6703345811/in/album-72157628885060341/

I have a near mint one made in 1991. If you think that will compare to yours and want measurements, just let me know. Mine is smaller than my 27ft Russian, by a long way, but not much different to a 24ft Mk1. It must be bigger than the 23ft Russian. https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageparachutegear/sets/72157629907634602

Some more footage of jumping into the Inn at Orange here - http://player.vimeo.com/video/75064453 The Inn is from 15 minutes in ; but the prior 15 minutes of footage of the 1962 World Meet is worth a look too

I seem to recall that the company mentioned in the other recent posted thread about harness machines - ie Sewing Machine Sales Co. Holland, OH 43529 1-800-449-0835 - do/did such upgrades and conversions of the older 7 Class machines. The more modern Singer 27b2 has a pedal/lever operated reverse(back tacker) ; but I have no use for it when working on harness webbing.

Hi Chuteless Are you saying that all Canadian Delta2's were more malfunction prone than the American ones - or just the dozen you were given? Any particular reason that you know of? As for the one you have, I'm sure someone would be willing to restore it back to the proper configuration - I certainly would do it for you with pleasure.

I've got that article somewhere and can post a copy if anyone else is interested.

Here's some Irvin adverts and pictures of the forerunners to the Delta 2 - the Eagle and Hawk. Like Jim said I don't know whether these were on the market at all, or if they were it was for a very short time.

Great post Jim! Always great to read and see more about this amazing canopy. The OSI in your post is some 20 inches longer than I am used to seeing on those canopies that are in the UK. This is likely to be something that people reduced in length as they came to understand....or mistrust....or dare to experiment with the OSI and is reflected in the variation of the packing instructions too - in the attachments here there are different numbers of turns of the wraps around the lines and different placements of the lines within the OSI. There is some scope for variation, though the same basic order of the lines into the pack job and then into the OSI would remain the same - hence the colour coding of the lines to help aid packing and understanding. One picture I have attached here shows a simplified OSI where the velcro is simply attached to the nose line which was placed on a very short OSI - about 12 inches total - and as always this required the direction of the OSI closure velcro to be considered. Get that wrong and the wrap would remain closed. As well as the Canadian and US versions there was also a UK version made over here by Irvin. It was stamped as a UK one on the cotton logo panel on the outer edges. The two UK ones which I have seen, both dated around 1971, are very similar to the US ones, but have a lighter fabric which helps with packing bulk. Of course all this is relative - any Delta 2 with lighter fabric, and less reinforcement still packs about one and a half times as big as a modern tandem main. There are more Delta2 pictures available here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageparachutegear/sets/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageparachutegear/sets/72157629894844058/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageparachutegear/sets/72157625240508274/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintageparachutegear/sets/72157622741872232/ Thanks again Jim for your post.

1995 catalogue advert scan attached

Great post Jim ! Thanks!!

Security / GQ "X210"

I'll add to this thread by saying that the archive already contains the following important historical footage - -World Parachuting Championships 1962 - Orange Massachusetts USA. -The Adriatic Cup 1963 - Portorož Yugoslavia -World Parachuting Championships 1964 - Leutkirch West Germany The quality of the footage is excellent and was filmed by British Team member Col. R. D. ‘Dare’ Wilson MBE, MC, who was also the BPA Chairman from 1962-1966. You can see the opening ceremonies, the other countries' teams, as well as great footage of the equipment at the time - for example: untied sleeves detaching on every deployment and, if I am not mistaken, the 1964 meet footage of the Para-Commander must have been the first use of the then advanced canopy at an international competition.

You might be interested to know that the BPA Archive is now live at the following link - http://www.bpa-archive.org.uk/ It's early days, and there's a lot more to come, but the full set of magazines from 1964 are available at the site already. This has been nearly 2 years of work so far - thanks are due to BPA Archivist Graham Spicer for the lion’s share of the effort. Comments and contributions are welcomed, and best made via the email links to the Archive Project through the website.

Getting this thread back on track, the RSL was not needed on student equipment until they jumped canopies that needed cutting away. The Crossbow and PC canopies were the first of that ilk, but in 1964 these were the hot canopies and for very experienced jumpers only. Maybe even to the experienced jumper the notion of cutting away and having everything on their back - reserve and main - was enough to make Security include the Steven's lanyard on the Crossbow rig? When did students first have to consider cutting away? Or was it that any jumper transitioning to piggyback gear with PC type canopies that needed to be cutaway were the ones getting into trouble in the air and needing the assistance (security?) of a Lanyard? As for AADs I guess these were fitted at the DZOs discretion. There was probably a huge case for an AAD for a free-fall student in any era. I have an FXC8000 on my Mini System's reserve in my vintage collection but this was for a PC as main and belonged to an experienced jumper. In the UK RSLs became standard on student and transition gear from about 1990, AADs depended on the DZ ; most DZ's had FXC12000s on early free-fall student gear from the mid 1980s onwards on the chest mounted reserves. AADs on piggyback student gear again became more and more prevalent from 1990 onwards With the introduction of AFF (early to mid 80s?) and Ram Air Static line (early to mid 1990s) in the UK, AADs and RSLs were pretty much mandatory on these rigs. Manual BOC deployment appeared early 2000s in the UK if my memory serves me well.

I have a copy of the manual if you want it for completeness, but packing it is as described in this thread. PM me if you'd like a copy of the .pdf file A jumpable Crossbow main is a pretty rare canopy nowadays - take of that thing!

Try Cirrus (GB) Ltd., unit 28 Leeward Rd., Off Chain Caul Way, Preston, Lancashire. PR2 2TE. Phone +44 (0)1772 732106 www.cirrushardware.co.uk http://www.cirrushardware.co.uk/vrings_orings_drings.htm P/N. 1083

Peter, the rigs I use are RI Manta-main-sized Telesis's, mains packed in slags ; these rigs give a nice fit.

A video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJjdcDnMpUI&feature=youtu.be A previous post with pics attached - http://www.dropzone.com/forum/Skydiving_C1/Skydiving_History_%26_Trivia_F21/Pics_and_Footage_P4318545/