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Photograph of a parachute below an observation balloon, circa 1918.

Composite photograph showing how German pilots utilize parachutes, circa 1918.Typed caption: "Parachute successfully used by German Flyers."

Special Orders No. 7 (extract), Headquarter Air Service, Army Group, American Expeditionary Forces, November 4, 1918. Orders Wilbur D. Kennedy to Paris to participate in board of officers conducting parachute experiments. One typed page, two copies.

Memorandum from First Lieutenant Wilbur D. Kennedy to Chief, Technical Section, November 14, 1918. Reports on a number of parachute demonstrations and makes suggestions for parachute types to implement. Three typed pages.

Balloon parachute diagram created by the Balloon Section, Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces, December 23, 1918. Shows former folding method which occasionally resulted in the parachute opening in two lobes.

Photograph of a person parachuting near Langley Field, Virginia, August 7, 1920.Inscription: "Parachute Jump. Langley Field, Va. 8-7-20."

Photograph of a person parachuting near Langley Field, Virginia, August 7, 1920.Inscription: "Parachute Jump. Langley Field, Va. 8-7-20."

Photograph of a person parachuting from a De Havilland D.H.4 aircraft near Langley Field, Virginia, August 7, 1920.Inscription: "Parachute Jump. Langley Field, Va. 8-7-20."

Photograph of a person parachuting from a De Havilland D.H.4 aircraft near Langley Field, Virginia, August 7, 1920.Inscription: "Parachute Jump. Langley Field, Va. 8-7-20."

Photograph of men in De Havilland D.H.4 aircraft preparing for a parachute jump, Langley Field, Virginia, August 7, 1920. One of the aircraft bears the insignia of the 88th Aero Squadron, while the other has a visible tail number of P102.Inscription:…