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Photograph of U.S. Army Air Corps servicemen Cleveland and Sanborn wearing flight gear and holding their parachute bundles, October 27, 1927.Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army Air Corps at Brooks…

Photograph of U.S. Army Air Corps servicemen Cleveland and Sanborn wearing flight gear and holding their parachute bundles, October 27, 1927.Inscription on verso: "Cleveland, Sanborn. 2 ATs crash. Oct. 27, 1927." Stamped on verso: "Finished by H. G.…

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.

Photograph of a test dummy following a C-2 ejection seat test, March 10, 1967. The dummy's parachute is tangled around a pole. Caption: "67-312-C. Run 4E-F1. 10 Mar 67. UNCL. Land-Air." Inscription on verso: “C-2 seat program D-7."

Photograph of a test dummy following a C-2 ejection seat test, March 10, 1967. The dummy's parachute is tangled around a pole. Caption: "67-312-F. Run 4E-F1. 10 Mar 67. UNCL. Land-Air." Inscription on verso: "C-2 seat program D-7."

Photograph of a test dummy seated in a C-2 ejection seat, March 10, 1967. Caption: "67-312-A. Run 4E-F1. 10 Mar 67. UNCL. Land-Air." Inscription on verso: “C-2 seat program D-7."

Photograph of a test dummy following a C-2 ejection seat test, March 10, 1967. The dummy's parachute is tangled around a pole. Caption: "67-312-B. Run 4E-F1. 10 Mar 67. UNCL. Land-Air." Inscription on verso: "C-2 seat program D-7."

Photograph of a crumpled C-2 ejection seat following a test, March 10, 1967. Caption: "67-312-E. Run 4E-F1. 10 Mar 67. UNCL. Land-Air." Inscription on verso: “C-2 seat program D-7."

Photograph of supplies being airdropped to troops, China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. Typed on verso: "Aerial supply to fighting units in isolated regions of Burma and China was an important task of the Troop Carrier planes. Food, ammunition and…

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.