Why did PD change their naming scheme?

[TitaniumLegs 8]

For a while there, PD named their canopies (or most of them) after some kind of blade - Sabre, Stiletto...
(I have a Stiletto in my Javelin - confuses the whuffos.)

I kept waiting for them to release a pilot chute called "Bayonet" or "Switchblade"....


OK, it's getting silly. I'm going home.

(>o|-<

If you don't believe me, ask me.

[CloudOnMyTongue 0]

They didn't change their canopy names, all their canopies are named after airplanes.

(i know this from reading forums here.)

[bch7773 0]

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They didn't change their canopy names, all their canopies are named after airplanes.

no way. theres airplanes called the stilleto, sabre, katana?

well maybe, but i KNOW there's no airplanes named the sabre2, 9-cell, and 7-cell

MB 3528, RB 1182

[AggieDave 6]

Or a PD Coed (really old school PD, before they moved to Deland).

All of the "modern" names, though are named after planes, generally really shitty planes that were named after some sort of edged weapon.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[pilotdave 0]

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well maybe, but i KNOW there's no airplanes named the sabre2, 9-cell, and 7-cell

There was a Super Sabre which woulda been a cooler name than sabre2.

And I think if they're gonna stick with the blade theme, they should pick appropriately sized blades. Their next tiny little high performance canopy should be the X-acto or something.

Dave

[AggieDave 6]

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Their next tiny little high performance canopy should be the X-acto or something.

Or "the bone saw" for when you femur it in.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[skydivexxl 0]

Ginsu?

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[TitaniumLegs 8]

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Their next tiny little high performance canopy should be the X-acto or something.

Or "the bone saw" for when you femur it in.

"Hook knife"?

(>o|-<

If you don't believe me, ask me.

[Unstable 9]

Here ya go, maybe this will help clear some questions up -

I'll be the first to say that PD names their canopies after some pretty goofy Aircraft...

=========Shaun ==========

[pilotdave 0]

...one more. Took a lot of searching, but Janes All the World's Aircraft came through.

Dave

[markbaur 0]

And another one: http://www.velocityaircraft.com/.
And another one: http://www.excaliburaircraft.com/.

Google comes through.

The competition must use the same branding service:
How about: www.ravenaircraft.com
And: http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/icarus.htm. Taras was a 7th-grade friend of mine.
A stretch: http://www.full-lotus.com/.
This one's a little different. First the Para-Flite canopy, then the airplane: http://www.cirrusdesign.com/.
On the other hand, first the airplane, then the Para-Flite canopy and container: http://www.napanet.net/~arbeau/swift/.

Are we done yet?

Mark

[billvon 3,085]

>no way. theres airplanes called the stilleto, sabre, katana?

Diamond Aircraft makes a very nice trainer called the Katana.

http://www.diamond-air.at/en/products/index.htm

[Unstable 9]

Sheesh, the Katana, excalibur, and Velocity are goofy little Airplanes - They should have named them after the Blackbird or something.....

=========Shaun ==========

[AggieDave 6]

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They should have named them after the Blackbird or something.

Yeah, but there have already been canopies called the SR71 and the Stealth, although the stealth never made it into actual production, it was made by the mad scientist (Lenord Moorehead) for a few people.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[markbaur 0]

High-performance aircraft:
A-7, F-4U Corsair (Altitude Shop harness/container)
A-12 Avenger (National main; the aircraft came afterwards)
A-37 Dragonfly (Django main)
F-3H Demon (Parachutes Canada main; Performance Variable main)
F-4 Phantom (National's line of round and square reserves)
F-14 Tomcat (
F-15 Eagle (Strong harness/container)
F-16 Falcon (Precision main)
F-18 Hornet (PISA main, Pioneer main)
F-22 Viper (Lockheed-Boeing's designation, also known as F-22 Rapier; also XP-13; also kit jet)(what Cobalts were before)
F-89 Scorpion (National reserve)
F-101 Voodoo (Rigging Innovations harness/container)
V-22 Osprey (Pioneer main, which came before the aircraft)
X-9 Shrike (Sew-it-yourself main parachute)
X-? Aurora(?) (Parachutes Canada main)
X-31 Vector (RWS harness/container)
C-130 Hercules (National reserve)
EC-130E Clipper (Glidepath main)
MC-130E Talon (Rigging Innovations harness/container)
S-3 Viking (Pioneer main)
RQ-1 Predator (PISA main)
T-44A Pegasus (also rocket; also ultralight) (Django main)
EH-101 Merlin (Pioneer main)
MH-68A Stingray (National main)

A-26 Douglas Invader (Parachutes Australia parachute system; PISA main)
B-26 Marauder (National main)
C-125 Raider (Glidepath main)
P-## Pursuit (what fighters were before they were F-) (Para-Flite CRW canopy)
P-38 Lightning (also English Electric Lightning jet) (PD CRW canopy)
Supermarine Spitfire (on floats once held the air speed record) (National reserve)

Avro MK-2-B2 Vulcan (National reserve)
BAe Hawk, P-1, P-2, P-3 Curtiss Hawk (and anti-aircraft missle) (Para-Innovators main; Strong harness/container)
Gloster Javelin (and anti-tank missle) (Sunpath harness/container)
Gloster Meteor (Parachutes Australia main)
GR1 Jaguar (PdF harness/container)
F1 Mirage (Mirage Systems harness/container)

An-124 Condor (NAA harness/container)
DHC Comet (Bill Gargano main/reserve. Bill sold his parachute business to Strong, which continued production; Bill currently makes the Quantum series powered parachute canopies.)
Fairchild Merlin commuter prop-jet (and ultralight) (Pioneer main)

K-250 Kestrel (Pioneer main; the aircraft company is much more recent)

Titan (rocket; also ultralight) (Pioneer main)
AGM-65 Maverick missle (also experimental; also Top Gun contender) (Glidepath main and reserve)

Space shuttle Challenger (also Apollo 17 lunar module; also ultralight) (New England Parachute Company accuracy canopy)

There's a lot of sharing going on.

Mark

[joshjumps 0]

And then there is a company named Icarus named after a dude whose wings fell off.....


Josh

[PhreeZone 20]

>F-14 Tomcat (

Tomcat was made by AirTime Designs before they started selling the Jedei canopies.

Yesterday is history
And tomorrow is a mystery

Parachutemanuals.com

[dterrick 0]

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Post: And then there is a company named Icarus named after a dude whose wings fell off.....

...and we have an antique on the shelf at DZ called a 'Nimbus' that predates Harry Potter by quite some time - I wonder if J.K. ever jumped?

Dave

Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

[jahk 0]

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Or "the bone saw" for when you femur it in.

Brand name 'Stryker'.

Fits right in with Spectre, Sabre, and Stiletto, doesn't it?

Judith
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Imelda Marcos just wanted some cute shoes that didn't make her feet hurt. Why's that so hard to understand?