propblast 0 #1 February 23, 2003 Who makes em ive searched through the gear data base and cant find it and it seems as though my copy of the parachute manual has been permanently borrowed by one of my friends. -ePropblast Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 102 #2 February 23, 2003 Para-Flite, it also was called the bruise-lite, but actually it was very good for its time.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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
propblast 0 #3 February 23, 2003 ThanksPropblast Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycop 0 #4 February 23, 2003 My first canopy was a 220 bruise-lite! I weigh 210 out the door, the only word i can think of...THUMP!!! But I'm still here! "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #5 February 23, 2003 The Cruiselite was introduced by Para-Flite in 1981. It was a 220 square foot, F-111, seven cell, general purpose canopy. Cruiselites competed directly with Django's Pegasus and Glide Path's Fury. I bought a custom-colored Cruislite back in 1984 and jumped it for three years, doing RW, accuracy, CReW and BASE jumps with it. In its day, the Cruislite was the best canopy on the market. As for the earlier poster who suffered hard landings while over-loading his Cruislite, tough! What else did you expect when you chose to over-load a canopy? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
propblast 0 #6 February 23, 2003 Do you know the last year it was manufactured by chance. Im trying to date a canopy I havent seen yet. To see if it will even be worth my looking at. -ePropblast Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #7 February 23, 2003 Dude I stood my landings up on my cruise light all the time, I don't know why they called them bruiselights.. the only thing I didn't like was when the wind was too much and i went backwards.. but that was a sizing issue.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #8 February 23, 2003 I bought a Cruiselite Beta (175 sq. ft.) in about 1985....it was a great canopy. Sink it swoop it crew it. I loved that thing. I believe Paraflite also made a Cruiselite XL of around 270 sq. ft.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
