 |
|
About Us We're just like you, rocket fanatics who love to fly - and recover our rockets safely. I owe my interest in making parachutes to Martin, my rocket flying buddy. We spend the year with our kids touring west coast rocket launches. Both Martin and I are ultra "anal" flyers who place as much value on the "going up" part as the "coming down". Anyone who has seen my rockets know that I don't just throw them together, so recovery is just as important as having a cool flight up on a big engine. So how did we get into this? Martin started making parachutes some time ago and got me started with it. At first I used my daughter's, Janice, sewing machine and made a few myself. But when things got busy and I didn't have time. My wife, Paula, is an expert seamstress so I turned to her to make some chutes. With some coaching from myself and Martin, my wife started making chutes and they were spectacular with beautiful french seams and wonderful stitching. To finish our chutes we spared no effort in delivering them flight ready complete with bridals and swivels. When you get one of our chutes all you do is provide a quick-link and you are ready to go. I owe our fun artwork and marketing ideas to my daughter, Janice, who is an honor student in high school. We came up with Fruity Chutes as a fun and easy to remember name. I always said "If you can name a rocket company after 'Mad Bovines' we can have fruit favored parachutes". Jan did the design of the fun Fruity Chutes logo. While she doesn't build rockets, when she has time she loves to attend launches and personally sells our chutes. I hope you'll consider us for your upcoming project and give us a call, or email us. We are customer focused and eager to please! Cheers! Gene Engelgau - KI6IBL, NAR 86770/TRA 12243 - L3, Lunar# 1468 |
|
