Victor Brake Parachutes

Keen observation! The Victor was designed to use a brake parachute on landing as a matter of routine. Only under strict conditions of weight and headwind could you plan to land without streaming. So they were in regular use until 1993. The Elvington and Bruntingthorpe Victors stream them for show, but repacking them is a bit of a lengthy process. They have to be carefully packed into a sausage shaped bag before being loaded into the hopper at the rear of the aircraft. That said, we discovered two brand new parachutes in amongst the crates of spares at Bruntingthorpe, and the stream on the 30th was its first stream since it was manufactured. I think the label said 1991!