On 05/02/2016 00:05, Jess Lurkin wrote:
> John Szalay <john.szalay.at.att.net> wrote in
> news:XnsA5A4B036F7A96johnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131:
>
>>>> Ricardo?= <here@glorious-somerset.uk> wrote in
>>>>
>>> I carried my tucked down my smock which enabled me to get the odd
>>> picture like the attached.
>>>
>>> The DZ officer was not amused...
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> I think every trooper that ever carried a camera has taken that same
>> photo. ;-)
>>
>> Have you seen the new T-11 parachute ? Supposed to have been deployed to
>> the troops in 2010.
>>
>
>
> Tis been many decades (plural) since my last time of having
> "air under my boots". So I know nothing about this 'chute.
>
> I don't like the configuration/shape. Looks too prone to
> folding in on itself. I see no thrust cuts. Looks like a
> straight drop. But I suppose the Army has put the correct
> amount of design and testing into it. And the Army ~never~
> has any FUBARS or SNAFUS.
>
:-) As if...
> Thanks for posting this John. I will research it for S&grins.
>
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