I offer reserve parachute repacks and minor equipment repairs for
skydivers from my home in Toronto.
Having paragliding experience and my own paragliding equipment, I can also
do paraglider emergency parachute repacks for those who need it. I
have an extensive collection of manuals, but it is always best to provide
the current manual for your own equipment.
Due to limited available space for the long lines and canopy, I am not
currently able to provide packing services for round parachutes, including pilot
emergency parachutes, from my
home.
Over 600 reserve pack jobs.
I had my rigger's rating when I had 50 jumps. Somehow I had forgotten
to get the Main Packing Endorsement signed off, so technically I could
pack reserves before being allowed to pack mains...
Do my pack jobs
work?
Answer: They sure do. See my list of saves further down this page. I
trust my pack jobs for the occasional BASE jump too.
263 Westwood Ave, in the East
York part of Toronto,
near the Don Valley Parkway and Don Mills Road.
People also find me at Skydive
Toronto, one DZ I jump at, where I am an instructor and have in other
years been the staff rigger.
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#
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Date
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Reason
for reserve use
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Reserve
Canopy
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Person
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Comments
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1
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6 Jul 02
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CRW entanglement
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Phantom 24
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PC
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2 way CRW. Hard dock, put
other jumper through his lines. Both had to chop.
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2
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6 Jul 02
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CRW entanglement
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Paraflite Swift
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BE
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See #1.
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3
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Aug 02
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Student canopy mal
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Fury
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Student
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4
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Sept 02
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Spinning, line twists
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Tempo 210
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JP
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5
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Jan 03
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Bag lock
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PD 160
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JZ
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Due to quick packing
-- line groups wrapped around each other, and the elastics were the
'unbreakable' black ones.
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6
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Aug 03
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Total. Hard pull on pud.
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PD 143
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TS
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Bridle from pullout pud was
tucked in too tight by a packer.
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7
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11 Oct 03
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Total. No reserve
pull, AAD fired.
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Raven III
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Student
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Main pilot chute handle
became dislodged. Student on third BOC jump couldn't find it, went
unstable. Was reaching for reserve, he reported, when FXC AAD fired at
1000' or below.
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8
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1 Nov 03
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Lineover
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PD 143
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TS
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9
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23 Nov 03
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One brake would not release
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Swift Plus 225
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SG
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Toggle inserted too deep
into cat eye of brake line, so brake line locked onto soft part of toggle.
Bad toggle design.
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10
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9 Apr 04
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Improper activation failed
to deploy main.
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PD 143
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CM
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Didn't pull pullout handle
far enough - 1st jump on pullout. Inadequate
understanding of pullout design; inadequate briefing.
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11
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9 May 04
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Canopy
mal - canopy & lines a
mess.
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PD 160
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JC
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During a hop and pop.
Parafoil 302 main.
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12
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18 Aug 04
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Tension knots
|
PD Vector Tandem Reserve
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RP
& student
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Sigma Tandem system. Fast reserve activation using the Skyhook system.
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13
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18 Aug 04
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Tension knots
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PD Vector Tandem Reserve
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RP
& student
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Sigma
Tandem system. Same jumper as #12, two
jumps later, different rig.
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14
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Nov 04
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Spinning, line twists
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PD 143
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TS
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Over
the beaches of Fiji! Everything landed on the shore.
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15
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21 May 05
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Total. Hard pull on BOC.
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Tempo
150
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MC
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Hop
and pop from about 4500'. Her first mal. PC poorly packed by an
inexperienced friend of the jumper.
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16 |
05
Aug 05 |
Collapsed
cells on opening |
PD
253 |
First
jump student |
Static-line
jump. Perhaps not
a real mal, but student cut away before radio instructor could assist. |
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17 |
~
06 Aug 05 |
Stuck
toggle |
Raven
II |
BA |
Stuck
brake toggle, beginning to spiral. |
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18 |
21
Aug 05 |
Spinning
line twists |
Tempo
170 |
JG |
High
hop and pop, 7500'. Many line twists, spin started and accelerated. |
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19
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15 Apr 06
|
Stuck
toggles
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PD Vector Tandem Reserve
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BE & BC
|
Sigma
Tandem system. Instructor's currency jump with an experienced jumper (for
whom it was the first tandem). One day old reserve pack job.
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20
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29 Apr 06
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Spinning
line twists
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PD 160
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AL
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Stiletto
120 main.
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21
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~ 23 Jul 06
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Tension
knots
|
PD Vector Tandem Reserve
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JC & student
|
Sigma
Tandem system.
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22
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spring 07
|
Malfunction |
Defender
248 |
Student |
Toggle
pop or lineover. |
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23
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spring 07
|
AAD
save |
Defender
248 |
Student |
Was
one of two incidents, either (a) student spiralled down with mal, taking
no action until FXC AAD fired, or (b) freefall student was not registering
what altimeter was reading, was reaching to pull when FXC fired at 1000 ft. |
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24
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spring 07
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Non-emergency:
AAD mis-set |
Raven
I |
Student |
Vigil
AAD was turned on in aircraft at 3000'; deployed reserve in
freefall above normal opening altitude. |
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25
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23
June 07
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Stuck
brake line |
PD Vector Tandem Reserve
|
DS
& student |
After
one brake freed, brake line eye stayed jammed. Unable to release.
Spiralling. |
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26 |
8
July 07 |
Tension
knot |
Raven
III |
Advanced
student |
On a
recurrency jump ("survival skills" jump), to practice emergency
procedures! DZ rental rig. |
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27 |
~9
Aug 07 |
Tension
knot in steering lines |
PD
Vector Tandem Reserve |
RP
& student |
Sigma
Tandem system. |
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28 |
~ 8
Sep 07 |
Line
over, spinning |
PD
253 |
Student |
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29 |
15
Sep 07 |
Spinning,
with twists |
PD
113 |
MD |
Main:
VX
with JVX line set. Seen on video to open unevenly on one side, spun and
twisted the lines. |
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30 |
29
Jun 08 |
Spinning
line twists |
PD
143 |
PC |
Main:
Cobalt 75 that's a little sensitive laterally. |
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