On my most recent field program in Greece, we surveyed for ancient shipwrecks in the Greek National Marine Park of Alonessos and the Northern Sporades. My Greek colleagues heard a local rumor of an ancient wreck off a certain island in the archipelago, and before I arrived with the Pegasus thrusters they had searched for two days in very steep underwater terrain. No joy.

When I arrived, we headed back out to the island. Two of my Greek colleagues strapped on the thrusters - their first use of them. Using the Thrusters they covered more ground than they had in the previous two full diving days. In about 20 minutes they discovered a 1,000 year-old shipwreck. Proof positive of Pegasus Thruster's utility for our kind of work.

Brandon Foloey
Maritime Archaeologist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

Kurt Clifton, CEO of Clifton Diving Ventures in Sycamore, Ill., has been using a Pegasus Thruster since 2003, “Its small size and low weight, and the fact that everything is out of the way to allow the individual full movement makes the Pegasus dominant in the DPV field,” he said. A retired police lieutenant, expert diving instructor and head of a foundation that introduces disabled servicemen and other individuals to diving, Clifton said that Pegasus “makes diving easier for me as well as other individuals with disabilities.”

Kurt Clifton
CEO of Clifton Diving Ventures