That my dad is still diving with. It's about a 1978 Scubapro R109 that he bought in 79. Someone decided to "borrow" his S600 so he had to dig this thing out. It's still in warranty too!
Check out this antique...
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Aren't you the 19 year old instructor that your dad taught? You might want to remind your dad to work on his mask skills - or buy a better fitting mask - his is fogged and partly filled with water ...
<lol> (all forgiveness if this picture was snapped while he was demonstrating clearing a partially filled mask) <lol>
<lol> (all forgiveness if this picture was snapped while he was demonstrating clearing a partially filled mask) <lol>
A good friend of mine's father in law has a very simialr reg. He said he boutght it in the early 80's, and that you just couldn't beat what scubapro was making back then. It was an easy breathing reg, but it sure was heavy in comparitson to the sherwood I regularly use.
canuckdiver
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probably going to get flamed for this, but I still use my aqua-lung calypso IV on a regular basis. heavy construction, all metal, bulletproof and as NEVER (knock on wood) frozen on me! (unlike some of my newer ones)
Groundhog246
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Maybe we should send his dad to the "Moustache" thread of a couple of weeks ago. I'd expect he's in the "I just clear a lot" crowd.
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LOL that is a particularly bad picture. He has always had an ill-fitting mask thanks to his mustache and he is used to it now. Back in the early-mid 70s when the defog still sucked he would keep a little water in his mask to slosh around. It's an old, albeit bad, habit. Fortunately he no longer teacher Openwater students (he only teaches Dive Rescue and ITCs now)
I was actually never taught by my father. He had another instructor teach me because he did not want it to seem like I was being treated in any way that might seem unfair. He has never signed a single one of my C-Cards. BUT for my ITC he will be one of the Course Directors (all of our IT's are now CD's.)
Waterborne
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I have an Aqua Lung Conshelf 14 that's older than I am. The thing is in great shape. I used it for my open water dives many years ago. It still has the original gauge cluster attatched to it.
What d'ye mean "antique?" I dove my Conshelf XI two weekends ago and it still works just fine, thank you. Bought it in 1971 for $35.
Rick
Rick
canuckdiver
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those old aqualungs are still the reg of choice for a lot of commercial divers that I know, mainly because they are simple and sturdy.
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