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Subject: wings v. stab jacket
From: "A.APPLEYARD" <A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 1994 17:11:59 GMT

  On Mon, 4 Jul 1994 04:18:43 -1000 (HST) Epic Dive Shop
<epic@so*.ha*.ed*> (Subject: Re: automatic mixture rebreathers) wrote
about the Prism semi-closed circuit rebreather:-

STATS:
  backpack: utilise any twin cam band system, ie wings, stab jacket, backpack
  absorbent canister: carbon dioxided absorbent canister available in variable
duration ie 2,4,6 hour durations. water tolerant design
  ... etc etc

  I hadn't heard of an item of diving gear called "wings" before reading
Techdiver. When I heard of "Dive Rite wings" on Techdiver I thought it was a
tradename for a USA make of stab jacket. But the above seems to say that a
"wings" is different from a "stab jacket". If so, what is a "wings"?

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