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Originally Posted by ddaydodger
Depending on which resource you use, I've seen it listed as a trial jump wing and a trial Para Rescue wing. I feel it is a trial Para Rescue wing myself. I do know there was much debate on the design of the basic para wing. It was firmly to be an upswept wing while the CDS was ex-RCAF. When the CDS changed to an ex-army type, it became an outstretched wing. The approved design was Type E, I believe.
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I seem to recall that the Para Rescue wing became outstretched about 1983. I believe this was about the time the occupation became Search and Rescue Technician and the outstretched wing was adopted because they were now an occupation rather than a qualification and were considered aircrew. The CDS at the time would have been General Ramsey Withers, formerly RCCS.
See the link, about half way down:
http://www.pararescue.ca/Para_Rescue/History.html