Vintage Scuba: Diving Without Tanks - S03E07

Many crazy ideas came and went in the early years of scuba but diving without tanks is still in use today. Alec shows how his floating gas powered "Air-Buoy" was used for shallow tankless diving and mistaken safety claims in early news stories.

*** In this episode of Vintage Scuba ***
- a floating, gas powered, 2 stroke, 2 horse power, 2 air compressors, 2 diver unit
- released in 1966 as the Johnson "Air-Buoy", Evinrude "Aquanaut" and OMC "Scuboy"
- two 25' long hoses with 2 full free-flowing face masks and harness
- 20 minutes of air on a full gas tank
- "Divers can submerge and come up as often and as quickly as they like..." Chicago Tribune March 4, 1966 announcement
- "If a diver doesn't go below that 30 foot level, he doesn't have to decompress.", Popular Mechanics Sept. 1970

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