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Older divers will remember that "wing" bc's were a short lived trend in
recreational diveing that came between horse collar's and jacket style.
In those days you just threaded the wings onto the stainless tank band/
clamp thing, then onto an ordinary plastic backpack.  The only difference
that I can see between wings of 15 years ago and the current "superduper,
latest tech diveing" bc is that they lack a couple of parallel slots in
the material that let the tank band through.  The Junior wings from
dive right have these slots, but the larger ones don't.  Just cut a couple
of slots in your large wings, just like the ones that are already in the
juniors.  I haven't done it, but I've seen it done and it seemed to work
fine.  I think he burnt the material to stop it from fraying.  I used the
juniors on a recent trip to warm water where I wasn't allowed to dive doubles.
It worked fine, and with the straps of an old style backpack I could put
on rings and things to clip things to, so I didn't dangle.  I also carried
a pony, I just couldn't stand the idea of diving with only one air supply.
Cheers Jason O-)

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