Parachutes: Development, Use, Maintenance |
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airplane balloon barograph Berkeley LIBRARY bottom of pack break cord break threads CALIFORNIA Berkeley CALIFORNIA LIBRARY cloth cord linen thread Courtesy U. S. Air emergency jump equipment Figure FLOYD SMITH fold of canopy folded canopy Free Type Manually full length gores grommets handle in pocket harness Heineke high speed hood inches inside jumper landing lock stitch loop McCook Field MILITARY TACTICS naphthalene opening ORNIA pack elastics pack flaps packed parachute packing cord parachute pack parachute troops peak Photo Courtesy U. S. pilot chute plane porosity position pulling the rip rate of descent release REPAIRING rip cord handle rip-cord pin rope seams seat pack sewing sewing needles shock loading sides of pack slip snap hook Standard type static line stitches stowed strap suspension lines swing thread breaking Type Manually Operated type of parachute Type parachute U. S. Air Corps U. S. Army UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA vent