Historical Diver, Volume 9, Issue 1 [Number 26], 2001 Item Type monograph Publisher Historical Diving Society U.S.A. Download date 09/10/2021 02:39:45 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/1834/30868 The Official Publication of The Historical Diving Societies of South East Asia & Pacific, Canada, Germany, Mexico and the U.S.A. Volume 9 Issue 1 Winter 2001 The Return of the Lama • Hugh Bradner's Wet Suit • Kenny Knott • Lowell Thomas Awards • • Antibes Diving History Seminar • Divair Regulator • E.R. Cross Files • • Anderson's Tales • ADCI, NOGI and DEMA Awards • Bud Swain • HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY USA A PUBLIC BENEFIT NONPROFIT CORPORATION 340 S KELLOGG AVE STE E, GOLETACA 93117, U.S.A. PHONE: 805-692-0072 FAX: 805-692-0042 e-mail: [email protected] or HTTP:I/www.hds.org/ ADVISORY BOARD FOUNDING BENEFACTORS Dr. Sylvia Earle Prof. Hans Hass Art Bachrach, Ph.D. Leslie Leaney Dr. Peter B. 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Shepard SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Howard & Michele Hall Don Slack Randy Hanks Edward Lee Spence Chairman: Lee Selisky President: Leslie Leaney Phil Hawes Rod Stanley Secretary: James Cunningham Treasurer: Bob Wohlers Fred Johnson Hironao Tanaka Directors: Buck Kamphausen Charles S. Thornton Bonnie Cardone, Gary Maines, Kent Rockwell Ron & Christl Karlsson Dr. James V orosmarti Woody Kenney Gene & Elizabeth Webb Bob & Claudia Kirby Captain Ed White International Affiliates - The Institute of Diving, USA The Historical Diving Society, Germany The Association of Diving Contractors International, USA The Historical Diving Society, Mexico The Musee du Scaphandre, France The Historical Diving Society, South Africa The Academy of Underwater Arts and Science, USA Musee Frederic Dumas, France The Historical Diving Society, S.E. 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WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION Corporate Members COLLEGE OF OCEANEERING THE SCIAA RESEARCH LIBRARY USC OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, WEST COAST JULZ SEA OF TALENT BROOKS INSTITUTE OF PHOTOGRAPHY DIVING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL IMMERSED 2 HISTORICAL DIVER Vol. 9 Issue 1 Winter 2001 HISTORICAL DIVER Volume 9 Issue 1 ISSN 1094-4516 Winter 2001 HISTORICAL DIVER MAGAZINE PAGE CONTENT ISSN 1094-4516 4 Editorial THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF 5 Advisory Board members honored by The Explorers Club THE HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY U.S.A. 6 In The Mail HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY S.E. ASIA PACIFIC 7 In The News HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY CANADA 8 New Members HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY GERMANY HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY MEXICO 9 ADCI Award Winners Ross Saxon and Jon Hazelbaker I 0 Diving Industry Awards Banquet HISTORICAL DIVER MAGAZINE EDITORS 11 DEMA Award Winners Leslie Leaney, Editor Andy Lentz, Production Editor 13 NOGI Award Winners Steve Barsky, Copy Editor 14 HDS-USA Julie Simpson, Assistant Copy Editor 15 HDS South East Asia & Pacific Leslie G. Jacobs, Columnist 16 HDS Germany 17 HDS Canada INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY EDITORS HDSUSA 18 HDS Mexico Leslie Leaney 19 Helmets of the Deep. Return of the Lama by Leslie Leaney HDS S. E. ASIA PACIFIC 22 Hugh Bradner's Development of the First Wet Suit Peter Fields and Bob Ramsay by Carolyn Rainey 25 Voices From The Deep, Kenney Knott HDSCANADA Virginia Nuytten and Phil Nuytten by Leslie G. Jacobs 31 Scuba Workshop HDSGERMANY Divair Twin Hose Regulator Michael Jung and Thomas Kleeman by Kent Rockwell 33 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 2000 HDSMEXICO Manuel Lazcano and Camila Villegas The Antibes Film Festival by Leslie Leaney HISTORICAL DIVER (lSSN I 094-4516) is published four times a year by the Historical Diving Society USA, a Non-Profit 37 Anderson's Tales. Abalone Divers Get My Goat Corporation, 340 S Kellogg Ave Ste E. Goleta CA, 93117, USA. ©2001 Historical Diving Society USA. All Rights Reserved. Tel. 805-692-0072 Fax 805-692-0042. by Dick Anderson HISTORICAL DIVER is compiled by Leslie Leaney and Andy Lentz. The content is affected by 39 Auction Report various elements. The Society only guarantees that each issue will contain no fewer than 24 pages. ADVERTISING INQUIRIES should be directed to: by Leslie Leaney Advertising. Historical Diver, 340 S Kellogg Ave Ste E. Goleta CA. 93117, USA. Tel. 805-692-0072 Fax 805-692-0042 42 Classic Diving Equipment Groups CONTRIBUTIONS: WE WELCOME CONTRIBUTIONS ON ANY HISTORICAL DIVING SUBJECT. Submissions and contributions on floppy disk are preferred (3.5" Windows/DOS text 46 The E.R. Cross Files format or Apple Macintosh formats). Please send a typed hard copy in addition to any disk. Typed manuscripts arc also welcome. Illustrations accompanying text are appreciated. Submissions should 1949 - The AquaLung in California be sent to: Editor, Historical Diver. 340 S Kellogg Ave Ste E. Goleta CA. 93117, USA. If you have 47 HDS-USA Books and Videos access to e-mail, contributions can be sent to [email protected]. THE OPINIONS AND VIEWS EXPRESSED are those of the respective authors and are not 50 WWW.HDS.ORG necessarily the opinions and views of the Historical Diving Society USA. by Russell Potocki DISCLAIMER 53 In Memory. Bud Swain Diving is a potentially hazardous practice and if practiced incorrectly or with incomplete by Torrance Parker and Harry Hurston planning and procedures can expose a person to considerable risks including serious 54 Classifieds injury or death. It requires specialized training, equipment and experience. HISTORI- CAL DNER is not intended as a substitute for the above or for the diver to abandon common sense in pursuit of diving activities beyond his or her abilities. HIS1DRICAL DNER is intended as a source of information on various aspect~ of diving, not a~ a ON THE COVER su'ri&t.tute \or proper training and experience. For training in diving, contact a national HDS-USA member Mike DeGruy in a French Lama certification agency. The reader is advised that all the element~ of hazard and risk asso­ ciated with diving cannot be brought out within the scope of this text. The individuals, helmet in the Red Sea. The resurrection of the Lama is companies and organizations presented in HIS1DRICALDNER are not liable for dam­ covered on page 19. Photo by kind permission of age or injury including death which may result from any diving activities, with respect to Georgette Douwma ©2001. [email protected] information contained herein. HISTORICAL DIVER Vol. 9 Issue 1 Winter 2001 3 Editorial Welcome to the premiere issue of 2001. We are back from the year's first major dive meetings at Underwater Intervention and DEMA where we were happy to hear how much attendees like Historical Diver Magazine. The quarterly grind to put the magazine out does not have too many rewards other than the satisfaction of completing an issue that usually has some never-before-published article of research into diving history. Our rewards come in the form of meeting members who enjoy reading the magazine. As we continue to grow we must adjust to various changes and meet new challenges. We are sad to report that Bonnie Cardone is leaving our ranks, as Bonnie's "Women Pioneers in Diving" column has been with us since the first issue. Bonnie has accepted a "paying" position with another publication and her interests have broadened away from the diving industry. We wish her well on her new adventure and are pleased she is able to stay on as a Director of the Society. Although Bonnie will no longer be writing for us, we are adding three new columns. The first is "Diving History from the Files of E.R.