afgbigal

I remember seeing my first para-plane when a couple of jumper came up to Fairbanks, Alaska in early 1971. All I could think of was how to get my hands on one of those "rocketships". Bought my first one from Steve Snyder in early 1972 when I went to his house in Cherry Hill, NJ. Later I modified my original paraplane with a slider, and stablizer panels, short lined and removed about what seemed like 10 lbs of binding tape. I jumped that canopy into 1984.