Pics and Footage

[andrewhilton 1]

I was kindly enough provided with some footage and pictures of our vintage jumps last weekend at Langar, UK, so thought I'd share here.

Footage by Darren Walsh at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJjdcDnMpUI&feature=youtu.be

Pictures by Steve and by Tony Danbury - attached

The Red and Yellow Canopy is a 1991 Russian UT-15
The Rainbow Colours canopy is a 1973 EFA Papillon
The Red and Black Canopy is a 1971 Mk1 Para-Commander

[andrewhilton 1]

More pics

[SansSuit 1]

Them parachutes is all full of holes! I was taught that if you can see the sky through your canopy, you cut it away.

Peace,
-Dawson.
http://www.SansSuit.com
The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

[SEREJumper 1]

Nice pics and video Andrew! Thanks for sharing!

We're not fucking flying airplanes are we, no we're flying a glorified kite with no power and it should be flown like one! - Stratostar

[PROGRESSIVE 0]

Its hard to beat the beauty of a Pap and Paracommander.

[talon2 0]

ya can ........T Bow a thing of beauty

[Marisan 0]

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ya can ........T Bow a thing of beauty

My first HP Canopy

[skygranny 0]

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Them parachutes is all full of holes! I was taught that if you can see the sky through your canopy, you cut it away.

Love never fails

[pchapman 279]

This is a thread from nearly a year back, but I'm wondering Andrew, what kind of gear the canopies were in.

Looks like modern piggyback rigs with 3 rings? Big student gear? But even with a bag not a sleeve, a ParaCommander is a lot bigger than a Manta or even a typical ParaFoil. So what did you guys find that would fit?

[danchapman 0]

Very nice, reminds me of the olden days and the Team Accuracy event.

[andrewhilton 1]

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