The training reserve was likely a 24 foot diameter T-7A right?
They didn't seem to be comparing to two possible Cooper canopies. Only the Cooper back rig.
Over time, the training reserve might have escaped a rotted container.
The container was canvas, the canopy nylon?
This attached memo from 11/26/71 provides more detail on the reserve Cooper took. It's unclear if it's correct, since they describe the taken back rig wrong..they describe the non-taken container.
it says this about the back rig, which makes no sense for the NB6
Chute harness is civilian luxury type made of 50 foot tan cotton material.
but the taken training reserve, probably was similar to the non-taken reserve, just modified?
So I'm thinking this is still a good description of the taken reserve.
A T-7A 24 foot white nylon canopy.
Note they say something about what's inscribed on the reserve. But there was no record of anything inscribed on the training reserve..so they wouldn't have known. I think the SAC messed up here, describing the left-behind reserve.
So it's funny they dismissed a 24 foot canopy, since Cooper probably threw out a training reserve with a 24 foot canopy (modified)
Chest pack type 24 foot white nylon canopy, white nylon shrouds, about 14’ length, model T-7A. Chute container was olive drab green with <redacted> inscribed. Container dimensions are 10” by 14” by 6".
Hey has anyone noticed how smoothly I post full page FBI memos that meet the 200KB per page restriction here?
The FBI memos themselves rarely meet that limit for full page.
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