Gary Lewis' Para-Commander Handbook

[pchapman 279]

Gary Lewis' classic Para-Commander Handbook seems to be out of print and I never found it on the web, so I finally scanned my copy in and got it uploaded to parachutemanuals.com. (http://www.parachutemanuals.com//index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=&func=fileinfo&id=308)
My copy is pretty clean but has a few scribbled annotations on it.

It's a great little booklet and I hope it is useful for other old canopy enthusiasts who don't yet have it.

(Parachutemanuals has been dormant for uploads in the last year, but after discussing the issue with him, Phreezone discovered a wrong setting that prevented most uploads from completing, that should now be fixed.)

I got my handbook some years ago when Para-Gear was cleaning out the last of their stock for $1.

Is Gary still around?
Theoretically he could republish the handbook but the market has shrunk.

The handbook's subtitle is "Purchasing, packing, flying, and modifying all types of P.C.'s".

Publication dates of 1976 and 1978 are shown, and the back cover says:

"The information in this manual is based on 10 years of jumping and working with Paracommanders. The author has 2500 PC-type jumps, has competed on and coached the United States Parachute Team, is a Master Parachute Rigger, Drop Zone owner and manager of Para-Gear Equipment Co. of Skokie, Illinois."

[mjosparky 4]

Thank you Peter.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[JerryBaumchen 1,371]

Hi Peter,

I knew Gary quite well 'back in the day.'

The last that I heard ( and that was some time ago ) that he was selling real estate in the Seattle area. I would guess that he is about 62-63 yrs old by now.

I was always of the understanding that his book was his Masters Thesis in college. But don't bet too much money on it.

I haven't seen him for at least 25 yrs.

JerryBaumchen

[tbrown 26]

I remember ordering a copy when I bought my PC. That was 33 years ago, so it's long gone. Nice little book though.

Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !