This closet queen should stay there

[sundevil777 102]

At least the guy can tell his buddies about his rig and show it to them, that should be worth more than what he can sell it.

This is a real beauty...Cazer Eagle container (my nominee for ugliest container of all history), and the guy doesn't even know what canopy is the main vs reserve.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=106980&item=7162900805&rd=1

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[skybytch 273]

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(my nominee for ugliest container of all history)

I respectfully disagree. The original Mirage is the ugliest container of all history.

[nate_1979 9]

Wow, that container was made the same year I was born

FGF #???
I miss the sky...
There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.

[bisqit999 0]

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I respectfully disagree. The original Mirage is the ugliest container of all history

Can you locate any pics?

[skybytch 273]

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Can you locate any pics?

Sure. There are several in my photo album. Unfortunately I don't have a scanner.

Trust me. It's ugly.

[slug 1]

HI Sun

Thanks for posting that

Wonder if thats a Jesus cord for the reserve (the round one)

Lets me think about the value of this Gem

Container

Round reserve

Antique main canopy with unknown # jumps

IMO not worth the price of postage, but the ad is priceless
R.I.P.

[GQ_jumper 4]

i don't know about the mirage, that container is prety damn ugly, i would like to see a comparison though, maybe you should start a poll

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

[Zep 0]

Your right it's dam ugly. But then to me early Wonderhogs an Parachute de france containers where ugly as well.

I forget now, tell me again which year was it that skydiving gear stopped being about functionality,
an became a fashion show.

Gone fishing

[airtwardo 7]

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I forget now, tell me again which year was it that skydiving gear stopped being about functionality,
an became a fashion show.

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The year it was offered in colors other than ~OD Green!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Zep 0]

lol,


That made me chuckle.

Gone fishing

[councilman24 37]

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It was the year the were offered in colors other than OD Green!

Naw, the first time somebody DYED the O.D. Black!

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

[riggerrob 643]

Definitely a closet queen.
I would not give him the time of day for a Pioneer K-series reserve.

[Designer 0]

Yikes,that fugly!

[narcimund 0]

No offense meant (I'm sure) and none taken. But what does the phrase "closet queen" mean here? Is this a new trendy insult?

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[billvon 2,991]

>But what does the phrase "closet queen" mean here?

Didn't you ever hear that old Billy Joel song?
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So you go to the village in your tie-dye jeans
And you stare at the junkies and the closet queens
It's like some pornographic magazine
And you smile

But Captain Jack will get you high tonight
And take you to your special island
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But seriously, it's a takeoff on "hangar queen," a term for an impressive old aircraft that no longer leaves the hangar.

[Spizzzarko 0]

"She's a beaut, Clark".

[narcimund 0]

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But seriously, it's a takeoff on "hangar queen," a term for an impressive old aircraft that no longer leaves the hangar.

Got it. That was not at all the meaning that came to my mind. Thanks for the clarification.

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[jonstark 8]

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(my nominee for ugliest container of all history)

I respectfully disagree. The original Mirage is the ugliest container of all history.

Some may have found the Mirage unattractive buit the harness was the MOST comfortable of it's day!!

Remember... At that time the effort was to make rigs as thin and wide as possible. They could hide behind the large wings of our jump suits. We were after light and low profile for diving after a base that had exited the a/c 10 seconds before if not more in some cases. Go fast, flare hard, dock soft. Racing in the back...The good old days!

jon

[tbrown 26]

I would not give him the time of day for a Pioneer K-series reserve.

[sundevil777 102]

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(my nominee for ugliest container of all history)

I respectfully disagree. The original Mirage is the ugliest container of all history.

You are so wrong!

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[mark 107]

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my nominee for ugliest container of all history

My nominee: a Crossbow with floating main and reserve handles, plus both wooden main toggles trailing about 2 feet up.

No malfunction, but on that jump there were 6 other folks besides me who were wondering if we seeing the beginning of one. We just kept skydiving because there wasn't anything we could do for the guy anyway.

Mark

[mdrejhon 8]

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But seriously, it's a takeoff on "hangar queen," a term for an impressive old aircraft that no longer leaves the hangar.

Got it. That was not at all the meaning that came to my mind. Thanks for the clarification.

I think I know the alternate meaning you were thinking of

[Amazon 7]

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The year it was offered in colors other than ~OD Green!

Man.. you know whats wierd.. seeing someone actually order and pay big bucks for brand new sport gear.. in OD Green....

To me.. that is just wrong on far toooooo many levels..

[wmw999 2,447]

I owned an original Mirage until early 2004. My last jump on it was in 2004. I believe it's being used for cutaway training in Georgia, now.

It was a lovely rig, functional and comfortable. And yes, it had a KXX reserve in it, which served me just fine. The reserve is decorating a pawnshop in Florida.

When I first got back into jumping I used it exclusively, of course. Whenever someone would give me a hard time over its fashionable bounce-n-blend colors, or the large U-shaped reserve flap, I'd just smile and say "I bought it new." No one ever said anything after that
Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

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No offense meant (I'm sure) and none taken. But what does the phrase "closet queen" mean here? Is this a new trendy insult?

I equate it to the equally-valid "trailer queen", used when describing a motorcycle that gets pulled from city to city in a trailer instead of actually *gasp!* being ridden.

In this context it means that it's a rig in generally good shape which, for one reason or another, just has not been jumped and has been collecting dust in the closet.

Chuck