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Parachute canopy info request


flightmac
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Can anyone shed some light on a canopy I picked up? It's marked:

CANOPY ASSEMBLY
PERSONNEL PARACHUTE

LARGE ORIFICE

35 FT. DIA.

P/N 68147-7

SERIAL NO. USAF 82-008547
MILLS MFG. CORP.
DATE OF MFR. SEP 1982
F41608-82-C-0593
DATE PLACED IN SVC
M21

 

I don't have a place to stretch it out because of it's size, but there's netting around the bottom. And some of the lines seem to attach to narrow strips of the fabric. I take it that's because there are large openings (orifices) on the bottom.

Thanks.

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From the size sounds like an MC-1-1 but I cant seem to find that PN you listed.  Most parachute stuff part numbers start with 11-1-

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20 hours ago, flightmac said:

I see I made a mistake, it's P/N 68K147-7.

Still couldn't find a direct match for it, but the part number 68K147 comes up in a section of materials for the T-10B parachute which is 35 ft Dia.   I can tell you yours was a USAF contract not only from the USAF mentioned there but the contract starting with F is a USAF contract number.

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