Better flights the next day but not really till evening and the second flight....the old harness is feeling fine now that I have decided I was being completely homosexual yesterday and obviously there is nothing wrong with it...it’s just different. The new washing bag turns up but the handle is wrong so I repack the chute that evening with a used one with Jose has in the schoolhouse. Very carefully. And double check it. It’s not the right handle either but it will do. I have seen 2 reserve deployment malfunctions here as a result of faulty packing and in both cases they were packed INSIDE OUT!! This meant the 2 shorter apex lines were OUTSIDE the chute dividing it in two and significantly reducing the surface area and increasing the decent rate. How many more little surprises are in store for the local pilots? And this, they told me is what passes as a favour from a friend? No thanks Manuel, at least if I cock it up myself I only have myself to blame. If I live through a deployment like that I promise I won’t be the only one getting hurt. If you don’t know don’t touch it. Word.
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