skybill 22 #26 July 6, 2010 Hi J-M, Yes NAVCON's had that "Conehead" look but McQuatties chute was the all white "28' C-9!!" so was Olivers'.SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #27 July 6, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Oh yeah, and Don McQuattie had an all white Navy C-9 that he dyed only the upper 1/4 of it red...we all called it,"The Boob!!!" Those Navy conicals always looked a little erotic when they were inflated, didn't they? Hi Jim, "Looking a little 'erotic' when inflated??" Hell, when ya' jez chopped yer trash an' yer dangeling under the bitch they look just "Gorgeous!!!" As fer the photo, hmmm? the NAVCON had a skirt band like a C-9 and the change-5 "Water deflation pockets" on every other gore at the skirt. without seeing the data pannel that canopy looks like one of the Lo-Po connies made by various people. BTW, 'Ja ever locate that knife?? My last Connie ride, 09SEP79 at Scare-us-valley. My old Viking stupid-lite spit a control line on opening and went into a really wild spin!!! Had one of the last Wonderhogs with capewells (right before 3-rings came out) 'Did the "Ka-chink Ka-chink" thing and the spinning force threw me over backwards!! As I pulled out of the dive I fired off the Conical, had a Waters 4-line release good stuff!! This was right out across the runway from manifest and Joe Morgan saw it all and comes running out of manifest holding both hands up in the air and yelling,"TEN, TEN!!!!!!!" BTW easy stand up ldg!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #28 July 6, 2010 Quote Quote Oh yeah, and Don McQuattie had an all white Navy C-9 that he dyed only the upper 1/4 of it red...we all called it,"The Boob!!!" Those Navy conicals always looked a little erotic when they were inflated, didn't they? Ah...fond memories of my first reserve. I was astonished how nice it landed with just an old 4-line-release."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #29 July 6, 2010 4 line release. Ahhh, I had forgotten all about that. Yep, good stuff. Nice little PLF with the adrenaline still surgin'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
