PARACHUTES FOR PLANES? TESTS NOW UNDER WAY
DAYTON. Mammoth domes of white silk, with airplanes dangling below, may soon be soen in the skies above Wilbur Wright Field. , Army experts, having seen the satisfactory results of “chutes’' in saving aviators, arc now designing and experimenting with the same thing on a larger scale. The big parachute, instead of merely safeguarding the fliers, will carry the entire ship gently to earth. Heretofore, fliers have slowly descended while the disabled plane dashed to (Instruction.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6667, 21 July 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)
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82PARACHUTES FOR PLANES? TESTS NOW UNDER WAY Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6667, 21 July 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)
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