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1. Buying 16 year old canopy?  

   By yarik, June 8, 2001
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   • mikefarmer
   • June 9, 2001

2. AR-11 Canopy???  

   By Merrick, July 13, 2001
   • 5 replies
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   • Merrick
   • July 18, 2001

3. Instructors...weigh in...  

   By jumpjunkie2004, May 23, 2006
   • 18 replies
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   • skybytch
   • May 23, 2006

4. Spectre Pricing  

   By scottbre, June 10, 2002
   • 15 replies
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   • CanEHdian
   • June 12, 2002

5. RWS PSB  

   By Hooknswoop, December 5, 2003
   • 13 replies
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   • diablopilot
   • December 29, 2003

6. new alti  

   By nzdan, October 17, 2010
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   • nzdan
   • October 18, 2010

7. Risers  

   By cloud9, April 20, 2001
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   • cloud9
   • April 25, 2001

8. Argus Contacts  

   By Wolle, April 6, 2011
   • 21 replies
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   • mjosparky
   • May 28, 2011

9. What sized canopy is safe  

   By crashtested, August 5, 2007
   • 21 replies
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   • sparkie
   • August 19, 2007

10. Bluetooth LE Canopy recovery report  

    By hackish, January 21, 2016
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    • hackish
    • January 29, 2016

11. Rolling the nose -- does it matter?  

    By totalwreck, April 26, 2002
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    • Rdutch
    • April 30, 2002

12. Neptune  

    By Remster, April 26, 2004
    • 10 replies
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    • Shark
    • April 27, 2004

13. Silhouette  

    By Lenzo, April 3, 2009
    • 10 replies
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    • ladydyver
    • May 12, 2009

14. Recommendation: Hook Knife, Sheath and placement  

    By Rio Santonil, March 28, 2022
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    • councilman24
    • July 14, 2022

15. Stitched risers?   1 2

    By NoShitThereIWas, December 12, 2005
    • 35 replies
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    • Spizzzarko
    • August 13, 2007

16. 20+ years of PD reserves (and "too old reserves")  

    By pchapman, August 3, 2009
    • 9 replies
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    • RiggerLee
    • August 25, 2009

17. Oxygn A3 ?  

    By skymedic, June 19, 2001
    • 12 replies
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    • Merrick
    • June 22, 2001

18. To begginers who wants to buy new canopy!!  

    By stayhigh, September 18, 2006
    • 19 replies
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    • Julio727
    • September 28, 2006

19. Sabre 2 - Too Slow opening!  

    By gmac324, June 27, 2004
    • 11 replies
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    • FrogNog
    • July 2, 2004

20. High visibility d-bag...  

    By DougH, January 11, 2007
    • 14 replies
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    • jkbernstein
    • January 12, 2007

21. Weird behaviour after installing new lines on a Safire 2 169 sqft  

    By Twinflower, July 10, 2011
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    • Twinflower
    • July 11, 2011

22. Spectra and slider bumpers  

    By BlindBrick, January 21, 2005
    • 15 replies
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    • Designer
    • January 27, 2005

23. psycho packing ?¿?  

    By DOCsa, December 17, 2003
    • 9 replies
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    • PhillyKev
    • December 19, 2003

24. What do you think about this for my first rig?  

    By wildernessmedic, June 6, 2015
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    • wildernessmedic
    • July 6, 2015

25. Cookie Vs. Bonehead  

    By JackieBlue, December 7, 2007
    • 13 replies
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    • surfbum5412
    • January 28, 2009

26. Sapphire Altimeter question??  

    By bigfall, May 27, 2005
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    • bigfall
    • May 28, 2005

27. Hornet 190  

    By fpritchett64, April 20, 2006
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    • fpritchett64
    • April 27, 2006

28. Differences between Mirage G3 and G4?  

    By HydroGuy, June 10, 2005
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    • Tonto
    • June 13, 2005

29. Crazy to consider an F-111 canopy?   1 2

    By Airviking, November 5, 2010
    • 26 replies
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    • jumpwally
    • December 8, 2010

30. Dear Riggers...  

    By piisfish, October 1, 2010
    • 19 replies
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    • wolfriverjoe
    • October 6, 2010

31. Used AAD (Cypres) Market  

    By Elisha, August 15, 2005
    • 4 replies
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    • mdrejhon
    • August 17, 2005

32. Optima II Guide Tones ???  

    By mixedup, August 10, 2011
    • 6 replies
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    • DougH
    • August 11, 2011

33. Help for a new tracker  

    By burim88, August 21, 2014
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    • Darth_Vader
    • August 23, 2014

34. Sure-Cut 4" Double Blade Aluminium Hook knife  

    By RMK, January 3, 2013
    • 5 replies
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    • catfishhunter
    • January 5, 2013

35. Rig weight?  

    By The111, August 19, 2003
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    • faulknerwn
    • August 21, 2003

36. How much money am I losing?  

    By bbrodes, August 28, 2015
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    • Joellercoaster
    • August 28, 2015

37. Advisory Circular  

    By dpreguy, December 10, 2013
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    • parachutist
    • December 11, 2013

38. Mirage Mx series  

    By califo77, May 13, 2011
    • 9 replies
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    • Titanman2789
    • May 15, 2011

39. javelin vs mirage  

    By gracefulglider, August 3, 2005
    • 9 replies
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    • masterrig
    • August 5, 2005

40. First Rig (awww...bless)...Vortex II..?  

    By Zoter, September 23, 2003
    • 17 replies
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    • dinog3
    • September 25, 2003

41. skyhook  

    By hymandd732, April 12, 2009
    • 3 replies
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    • riggerrob
    • April 14, 2009

42. Gear Question  

    By 12bhi, March 8, 2003
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    • betzilla
    • March 8, 2003

43. YOUR personal Gear  

    By Frikndivn, February 13, 2002
    • 21 replies
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    • Kirils
    • February 14, 2002

44. What does it mean?  

    By bsrodeo540, August 20, 2012
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    • bsrodeo540
    • August 21, 2012

45. Anybody order from PD lately?  

    By SniperCJ, April 13, 2004
    • 24 replies
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    • skymedic
    • April 23, 2004

46. A riggers wish  

    By Broke, September 9, 2008
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    • masterrig
    • September 15, 2008

47. cadmium residue???? Sunpath what are you charging us for?  

    By TheDonMan, March 8, 2010
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    • Harmless
    • March 15, 2010

48. Vector container with a Spectre 190 Main  

    By Keithor, August 20, 2013
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    • Keithor
    • August 20, 2013

49. Why stiffeners in the main flaps?  

    By skydiverek, February 20, 2012
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    • riggerrob
    • February 21, 2012

50. Spectre?   1 2

    By DSE, September 16, 2007
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    • pre7117
    • October 16, 2007

51. A suit for the darkside  

    By R00tj00se, May 22, 2001
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    • cyberskydive
    • May 24, 2001

52. Any tips on packing a brand new Sabre 2?  

    By darrenspooner, August 3, 2004
    • 23 replies
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    • darkwing
    • February 11, 2009

53. Packing volume tolerances + / -  

    By ScoopUK, May 22, 2013
    • 14 replies
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • May 23, 2013

54. pay for FAA Master Rigger?  

    By riggerrob, April 19, 2010
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    • riggerrob
    • April 20, 2010

55. MC-4 parachute system  

    By sapperdale, February 7, 2004
    • 3 replies
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    • riggerrob
    • February 7, 2004

56. Stainless steel slider grommets  

    By CanadianNoob, September 12, 2015
    • 7 replies
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    • hackish
    • September 13, 2015

57. How much "easy" rigging do you do on your own rig?  

    By ajs339, June 4, 2015
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    • JerryBaumchen
    • June 9, 2015

58. Expired cypres  

    By sl4ck, July 24, 2012
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    • potatoman
    • July 25, 2012

59. Reserve with smoke canister residue/damage  

    By BrianM, August 20, 2015
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    • riggerrob
    • August 25, 2015

60. Vector Micron V344M canopies  

    By palejo, January 17, 2013
    • 3 replies
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    • ChrisD
    • January 17, 2013

61. Safire 1, 169 "Flare mod"  

    By ove, December 21, 2004
    • 12 replies
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    • mattjw916
    • December 24, 2004

62. Skyhook at terminal  

    By Davew, February 20, 2006
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    • DJL
    • February 24, 2006

63. Trying to gain sewing skills   1 2

    By KNewman, October 26, 2007
    • 33 replies
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    • jumper03
    • October 31, 2007

64. Jumping with a Flag...setups ?  

    By Skydive2, April 20, 2011
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    • Usarig
    • April 24, 2011

65. Elastic - webbing keepers...  

    By hackish, August 14, 2015
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    • DougH
    • August 18, 2015

66. Gear bag to use on Motorcycle  

    By Brian425, April 10, 2005
    • 15 replies
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    • SkymonkeyONE
    • April 12, 2005

67. rsl   1 2

    By airman210, October 28, 2003
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    • rigging65
    • November 3, 2003

68. Bud's Ranch PEC and more  

    By pierltd, June 21, 2001
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    • paraequip
    • June 22, 2001

69. loose fabric on vector 3 main flaps..  

    By skydivex3m, July 4, 2006
    • 24 replies
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    • RogerRamjet
    • July 7, 2006

70. Spools of thread  

    By hackish, October 22, 2014
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    • monkycndo
    • October 25, 2014

71. PARATEC ZR  

    By horny955, October 1, 2011
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    • hellfalcon
    • November 1, 2011

72. Vector3 - Placement of Reserve Repack card  

    By crazydaisy315, July 12, 2016
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    • crazydaisy315
    • July 13, 2016

73. Hard openings  

    By SSkydiver, March 18, 2003
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    • kallend
    • March 19, 2003

74. Canopy Differences  

    By malooper, October 16, 2013
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    • malooper
    • October 16, 2013

75. Shoes  

    By xlh883, August 31, 2006
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    • recovercrachead
    • September 1, 2006

76. Does this look infected to you? - Discoloration after storage  

    By LemmingBoy, August 31, 2018
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    • LemmingBoy
    • September 9, 2018

77. Does your Factory Diver get fogged up?  

    By Emmie, May 25, 2010
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    • Ron
    • May 25, 2010

78. VooDoo vs. Mirage   1 2

    By BDashe, April 28, 2006
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    • darnknit
    • May 5, 2006

79. Square reserve  

    By Kevin116, October 14, 2012
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    • mjosparky
    • October 23, 2012

80. Cascaded to Continuous Conversion   1 2

    By Avion, January 22, 2005
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    • mjosparky
    • January 26, 2005

81. New canopy packing problem  

    By fmmobley, August 23, 2005
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    • skycop806
    • September 5, 2005

82. pack volume for strong 26' lopo lite reserve  

    By andy2, April 20, 2003
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    • riggerrob
    • April 23, 2003

83. Types of "Tersh's" available.  

    By SkyMissy, September 4, 2002
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    • Hooknswoop
    • September 5, 2002

84. What is this tool? Is it even for rigging?  

    By TowerTopper, January 8, 2008
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    • TowerTopper
    • January 11, 2008

85. Strange RSL ring placement  

    By ernokaikkonen, March 9, 2004
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    • jheadley
    • March 29, 2007

86. Altimeters  

    By freefaller76, December 15, 2003
    • 14 replies
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    • champu
    • December 16, 2003

87. AloXs altimeters - Anyone using them? Opinions?  

    By billmorford, July 8, 2018
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    • GoCi
    • June 12, 2019

88. Cypress 4 year check prices  

    By floridadiver81, May 16, 2007
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    • tbrown
    • May 19, 2007

89. What's the smallest ....  

    By Jimbo, June 26, 2003
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    • wingnut
    • July 9, 2003

90. Seamless rigging vs. Downward trend AXE  

    By skow, August 10, 2016
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    • johnmatrix
    • August 13, 2016

91. Talon FX  

    By pms07, September 6, 2009
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    • airgord
    • September 9, 2009

92. Fair Price for a used Sabre1???  

    By ffcmerino, December 11, 2002
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    • Ducky
    • December 16, 2002

93. Viper Main  

    By numskull99, October 17, 2002
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    • luis
    • October 24, 2002

94. Quite consistent off heading openings. Pilot 168  

    By Ninjagecko, June 11, 2015
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    • Ninjagecko
    • June 12, 2015

95. Sabre 2  

    By Shark, May 9, 2001
    • 6 replies
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    • slotperfect
    • May 15, 2001

96. RW Jumpsuit   1 2

    By ladyskydiver, November 15, 2004
    • 25 replies
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    • Ron
    • November 22, 2004

97. PdF Springo line trim?  

    By aulanov, December 17, 2014
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    • piisfish
    • September 3, 2015

98. Where to find the Rigger Info disc?  

    By dpreguy, February 16, 2015
    • 6 replies
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    • wolfriverjoe
    • February 17, 2015

99. Full Fitting  

    By ChrisD, November 11, 2012
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    • ChrisD
    • November 12, 2012

100. RigTrack is READY!  

     By LisaM, April 5, 2005
     • 14 replies
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     • LisaM
     • April 6, 2005