Need a Riggers Help!!!!

[pd190 0]

Okay, here's the deal..... I was given an older rig. It's an early 80's Mirage (two pin reserve) container.
I'm trying to get it back in service. It's in really good condition and only has about 80 jumps on it. The problem is...it looks so good because it's been washed a few times. It's been washed enough that the TSO data card is faded and unreadable.

1. I've been able to get a copy of the manual from an "old school" rigger, but he doesn't pack anymore. The builder of this system has since been bought out and resold, will the current builders of Mirage systems TSO's still be good??

2. How do I go about getting a new TSO data card??

3. Can my rigger replace the TSO block without me having to send it off?? (probably not.)

This rig is old, but it was free. Can you believe that, free gear. I got an old reserve with it as well. It's still good to go, I just need to get the container set up. Any help would be a bonus. Thanks.

[wmw999 2,565]

I don't know about the legalities of replacing a TSO sticker, but I have a similar rig as a backup (only I bought it new
It was built by Sky Supplies; I think the current Mirage folks hold the rights to it (at least they were willing to talk to me when I needed a legstrap replaced).

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[riggerrob 643]

Sounds like my back-up rig: a Mirage that I bought new in 1985.
There are more important things to worry about than faded labels.
For example, there is a perfectly airworthy original Talon on my DZ with a faded label. I just repack and sign it as per normal and leave the serial number slot on the packing data card blank.

[hookitt 1]

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I got an old reserve with it as well.

What year make and model reserve?

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[pd190 0]

The reserve is an X210 (X 2 Ten) made by a company that used to be in CA. The original location of the manufacture was in England. They mostly made stuff for the military. I can't remember DOM right off hand (I think it was 1986) but it's been tested and found good.

I'm hoping to put all of this together for a backup rig.

[riggerrob 643]

Your X210R reserve was built by GQ Security in San Leandro, California, near San Francisco.
Security was originally an American company, while GQ was a British company. Circa 1980, GQ bought Security so they could bid on a US Navy contract. When the military contract fell through, they closed the doors of thier factory in San Leandro. Pity, Security was one of the pioneer manufacturers of skydiving gear. Their Unit main canopies may have taken forever to open, but by the early 1980s they had introduced their X210 series of CReW mains and just before they closed shop in 1984, Bill Gargano designed a whole new series of canopies for them, Too bad we never got to try Gargano's canopies.
Returning to the original thread, I have packed a few X210R reserves. Some had diapers and others I just stuffed into freebags. Hint, if your X210R still has a diaper, follow the manual exactly - using little straps, etc - because any other method is slower and sloppier.