D A V E G O L D P A R A C H U T E

C O L L E C T I O N

Special Collections and Archives Wright State University Libraries

Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

INTRODUCTION

The Dave Gold Parachute Collection was deposited in May 1999 in Special Collections and Archives by Aviation Trail, Inc., owners of the collection and founders of the Aviation Trail Parachute Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The collection consists of the manuscript portion of the Dave Gold Collection and complements the greater collection of parachute artifacts preserved by Aviation Trail. The collection spans the period 1917 to 1985 and is contained in 151 Hollinger boxes and 34 Record Center boxes filling approximately 103.125 linear feet. Dave Gold was a leading parachute historian, and actively participated in all aspects of the parachuting business. He owned a parachute business, pursued a jumping career until debilitated by arthritis, was employed as a design engineer, and avidly collected historical and technical materials relating to parachuting. The collection includes personal papers, parachute research and development materials, blueprints, manuals, photographs, videos, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles. The collection is arranged into nine series. Series I: Personal Papers Subseries IA: General Subseries IB: Correspondence Subseries IC: Dave Gold Parachute Articles Subseries ID: Parachute History Research and Notes Subseries IE: Dave Gold Patents Subseries IF: Dave Gold Parachute Service Subseries IG: Memorabilia Subseries IH: General Parachute Engineering Data and Notes Series II: Parachute Research and Development Subseries IIA: Patents Subseries IIB: U.S. Government Agencies Subseries IIC: U.S. Air Force Organizations Subseries IID: U.S. Army Organizations Subseries IIE: U.S. Navy Organizations Subseries IIF: Joint Organizations Subseries IIG: Non-U.S. Government Reports Subseries IIH: Irving Air Chute Co. and Irvin Industries Subseries III: Northrop Corporation Subseries IIJ: Space-General Corporation Subseries IIK: Various Aircraft/Parachute Development Companies Subseries IIL: Training, Symposiums, and Conferences Series III: Parachute Equipment and Materials Subseries IIIA: Irving Air Chute and Irvin Industries Subseries IIIB: Switlik Parachute Co. Subseries IIIC: Pioneer Parachute Co. Subseries IIID: G.Q. Security Parachute, Inc. Subseries IIIE: British Parachute Companies. Subseries IIIF: Other Companies

Series IV: Blueprints Subseries IVA: Air Force Blueprints Subseries IVB: Navy Blueprints Subseries IVC: Parachute Manufacturing Companies Series V: Regulations, Manuals, and Technical Orders Subseries VA: Superintendent of Documents Subseries VB: Federal Specifications Subseries VC: Federal Standards Subseries VD: Federal Aviation Agency Subseries VE: Civil Aeronautics Agency Subseries VF: Civil Aeronautics Board Subseries VG: Dept. of Commerce, Administrator of Civil Aeronautics Subseries VH: Dept. of Commerce, Aeronautics Branch Subseries VI: Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Air Commerce Subseries VJ: Dept of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration Subseries VK: Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards Subseries VL: Department of Defense Subseries VM: Army-Navy, Air Force-Navy, & Interservice Documents Subseries VN: Miscellaneous Agencies Subseries VO: Military Specifications Subseries VP: War Department Subseries VQ: U.S. Army Air Service Subseries VR: U.S. Army Subseries VS: U.S. Army Air Corps Subseries VT: Army Air Forces Subseries VU: Dept. of the Army Subseries VV: Dept. of the Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics Subseries VW: Dept. of the Navy Subseries VX: U.S. Air Force Subseries VY: Air Force Stock List Catalogue 1670 Series VI: Audiovisual Materials Subseries VIA: Photographs Subseries VIB: Photograph Albums Subseries VIC: Negatives Subseries VID: Slides Subseries VIE: VHS Tapes Subseries VIF: 16MM Film Series VII: Newspaper and Magazine Clippings Subseries VIIA: Scrapbooks Subseries VIIB: Newspaper Clippings Subseries VIIC: Magazine Clippings Series VIII: Magazines and Newsletters Series IX: Books There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

David Gold was born to Russian immigrant parents in New York City on August 9, 1917. His interest in aviation and the parachute began in 1927 when his imagination was captured by Charles Lindberghs historic Trans-Atlantic flight. By the age of 13 he had begun making frequent visits to North Beach Airport in Queens (now La Guardia Airport), where he would watch as professional exhibition parachute jumpers thrilled spectators with their death defying leaps through the air. From that time on, the love of parachuting was the fundamental force in David Golds life. He became friendly with the exhibition jumpers and soon progressed from passing the hat for them, to learning how to pack parachutes himself. He began to make his own parachutes, moving quickly from paper napkins to cloth inventions, which he learned to sew expertly on his mothers sewing machine. He began following the jumpers around as they performed at various airfields in the area. He also visited the parachute factories of Switlik, Pioneer and other early parachute manufacturers. He got to know some of the early pioneers in U.S. parachuting, such as Col. Edward Hoffman and Floyd Smith, and more importantly, he began to collect every scrap of information on parachutes he could, as he established correspondence all over the world with individuals involved in parachuting. This provided the foundation for his extensive collection of technical and historical materials relating to parachutes. At age 15, while in junior high school, the combination of a bout of rheumatic fever and a football injury left him with severe arthritis in his hips and other joints. The next several years were spent in and out of the hospital. When well enough, he attended Haaren Aviation High School in New York, where he formed the first high school parachute club in the U.S. Finally, his doctors decided that his arthritis necessitated a move to the warmer and drier climate of Arizona. David arrived in Tucson, Arizona in 1937. He finished high school, and, in 1938, entered the University of Arizona as journalism major. His interest in writing resulted in his authorship of seven articles on various aspects of parachute technology, which were published in popular magazines. He also obtained his parachute riggers license and during World War II made a living, mainly by traveling all over the state servicing parachutes. Several of the individuals he packed chutes for became members of the Caterpillar Club, a fact of which he was tremendously proud. From 1941 to 1943, as the Chief Parachute Rigger for Southwest Airways at Thunderbird Field in Phoenix, he was responsible for three civilian pilot training programs in parachute servicing. During this period he also got married and began raising a family that eventually grew to include six children. Over the next ten years, he developed his own parachute business where he sold and serviced parachutes, as well as designing and fabricating specialized parachute equipment. At the time, his parachute business was the only major parachute repair loft in the southwestern U.S. to be licensed by the F.A.A. He always kept his eyes open for unique or historically important parachute equipment and often traded parachute servicing for items to add to his growing parachute hardware collection. He also worked for two years as a Technical Supervisor for the Phoenix Parachute Company, a firm that mass-produced parachutes under government contract. It was during these 16 years in Arizona that he accomplished his 19 parachute descents. Unfortunately, his jumping career was quickly curtailed by debilitating arthritis. To compensate for his

limited mobility, and painful arthritic joints, David wore a padded helmet with a specially padded suit and shoes that he designed himself. After a jump, friends helped him to his feet. He even did a number of specialty jumps (Santa Claus jumps, cut-aways, and delayed opening jumps for fairs, etc.), including some stunt work for movies being shot in the area. He also opened a skydiving school where he taught sport jumpers the rudiments of parachuting. However, because of his painful arthritic joints, David realized that he could best make a contribution to the area of parachutes by applying his enthusiasm and creativity to the technical and design aspects of parachuting. Despite the pain he felt in his joints, he felt that each jump he made was necessary since it taught him things about parachutes, which he could learn in no other way. In 1953, after obtaining an A.A. degree in engineering from Phoenix College, he joined the 6511th Parachute Test Group (USAF) at El Centro, California, which was at that time the worlds leading test facility for parachute systems. As a parachute development and test engineer, he helped develop both personnel and missile recovery systems and worked on ejection seats with Joseph Kittinger. He also was granted patents on a steerable parachute, a novel riser arrangement (slip risers), and a bi-area canopy. The steerable chute and riser design were incorporated into the Tojo parachute, which became the mainstay chute for the Armys special forces for a number of years. In 1957 he began work for the Irvin Air Chute Company in Glendale, California, where, as head of the engineering department, he supervised numerous parachute system development programs, including a DC-8 aircraft deceleration system and the original mid-air recovery system for the first successful satellite recovery from earth orbit (the Discoverer program). During this time, he also was granted two patents as a result of work on a divestible harness project. From 1962 to 1965, as a project engineer and recovery systems advisor for Space-General Corporation in El Monte, California, he designed parachute recovery systems for a family of sounding rockets, including the Aerobee, the Nike-Kagon, and the French Veronique. Next, he joined the Northrop-Ventura Corporation in Newbury Park, California, where his most notable achievement was his conception and design of the deployment bag, deployment bag retention system, and novel multiple reefing system for the three main parachutes of the Apollo spacecraft earth landing system. In 1970, David fell victim to the massive aerospace industry layoffs, which occurred after the successful Apollo moon-landings, and did not resume his professional career until 1977 when he rejoined Irvin Industries. As a senior project engineer, he designed the crew recovery system for the WASP II flying platform, designed spin recovery and braking parachutes for the F-16 and the Norwegian F-16 aircraft, and assisted with the design of a recovery system for the Boeing/USAF Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM). From 1980 until his death in 1985, David worked as the Chief Designer in Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California. Besides working on numerous missile recovery systems, he spent a great deal of time developing novel solutions to some old parachuting problems. This work resulted in patents (pending) for a lowered opening shock personnel parachute canopy, a gliding circular ram-air parachute, a self-adjusting parachute canopy with both low and high speed capabilities, and a reliable, low-cost, simple rectangular parachute design (the SquareX) which permits the canopy to be made from a single square blank of fabric. In addition, he designed an emergency escape parachute for the crew of the space shuttle. In the spring of 1984, David was awarded

the highest civilian honor given at the Naval Weapons Center, the William B. McLean Award, for his contributions and technical excellence over his forty year career. David Gold felt very strongly that the parachute played an important and somewhat unappreciated role in aviation history. Throughout his life he sustained a keen interest in the history of parachuting thus becoming a leading parachute historian. He wrote numerous articles on the development of parachute technology, including papers for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (A.I.A.A.) and the Survival and Flight Equipment (SAFE) Association, and acted as advisor on related parachute matters to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the San Diego Aerospace Museum, as well as other museums and organizations. He also held the post of chairman of the Historical Subcommittee with the A.I.A.A. Technical Committee on Aerodynamic Decelerator and Balloon Technology. On Feb 4, 1985, David Gold died of cancer in Los Angles, California at the age of 67.

David Gold 1917 - 1985

SCOPE AND CONTENT The Dave Gold Parachute Collection is a very large, complex collection of papers, research reports, blueprints, photographs, film, books, newspapers, magazines, and scrapbooks. When it was received by Special Collections and Archives there was virtually no organization to the collection and there were many duplicate items in the collection. The collection is divided into nine series, many with multiple subseries. Since the finding aid is over 200 pages in length, a Finding Aid Index is provided for researchers beginning at page 202. Series I, Personal Papers, has eight subseries.

Subseries IA, General, provides information on Dave Golds achivements, activities in various parachute and aviation organizations, and parachute clubs and competitions he attended. Subseries IB, Correspondence, includes his correspondence with various organizations and people. Of particular interest to researchers is his correspondence with such parachute experts as Guy Ball, Sidney B. Jackson, Bud Sellick, Peter Hearn, and Daniel Poynter.

Subseries IC, Parachute Articles by Dave Gold, includes numerous parachute-related articles written by Dave Gold beginning in the 1930s through 1984. Of particular note are Dave Golds articles on the history of the parachute including, Early Development of the Manually Operated, Personnel Parachute, 1900-1919, A Look at the Hoffman Triangle ParachuteFirst Successful Guidable Parachute, A Look at the Russell Lobe Parachute, The Parachute in Perspective: Looking Back to 1931, and A Look at Those Jumping Balloonautics. Subseries ID, Parachute History Research and Notes, is organized into a number of areas including General History, Extracts from Books, Magazine Articles, and Index Cards. Researcher will find the magazine articles particularly helpful since it includes articles on parachutes spanning a period from 1911 to 1980. These articles reveal much of the current thinking and research on parachutes at the time of the article. Subseries IE, Dave Gold Patents, includes the patent submission paperwork and the patents for five Dave Gold parachute patents plus several patent requests that were pending when he died in 1985. Dave Gold had his own parachute maintenance service during the 1930s and 1940s. Subseries IF contains general information and correspondence concerning Dave Golds Parachute Service. Of particular interest is the parachute inspection logs and his correspondence with various parachute companies and the military. Subseries IF, Memorabilia, contains a variety of items. These items include souvenir programs for air shows, parachute meets, and a variety of pamphlets. Of particular note is the original Flying Aces magazines from 1939, 1940, and 1942. Subseries IH, General Parachute Engineering Data and Notes, contains a variety of items used by Dave Gold in his parachute research activies including his notes on textiles, reefing lines, and general research notes made in steno notebooks. Also included are formulas and tables for computing drag, trajectory, and other parachute design data. Series II, Parachute Research and Development, is the largest of all the series in this collection with 12 subseries. Subseries IIA, Patents, contains general information concerning patents and parachute patents. The includes a small number of parachute patents from the United Kingdom, France, and Canada.

However, the largest part of the series are U.S. parachute patents beginning in 1893 and ending in 1977. The patents include a description of the parachute or parachute item, and a drawing. Subseries IIB, U.S. Government Agencies is organized into six major subareas. The largest of these subareas contain parachute research reports from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the U.S. Forest Service. The reports span a period beginning in 1925 and ending in 1978. The subseries also contains reports from the Defense Documentation Center, the U.S. Works Progress Administration, and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Subseries IIC, U.S. Air Force Organizations, contains parachute research reports from approximately 28 different Air Force organizations. Researchers interested in the history of the parachute will find the U.S. Army Air Service and the U.S. Army Air Corps resports particularly interesting. However, the largest number of parachute-related research reports are contained in the following subgroups: Air Technical Service Command, 1944-1949; Air Material Command, 1945-1951; Wright Air Development Center, 1951-1961; Aeronautical Systems Division, 1961-1981; Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, 1963-1982; and the Air Force Flight Test Center, 1953-1982. Other areas of interest include the 6511th Parachute Development Group and the 6511th Test Squadron located at El Centro and Edwards AFB, California. Subseries IID, U.S. Army Organizations, contains parachute research reports from 14 Army organizations. The period of these reports span the 1950s through the 1970s. The most interesting of the reports is a 1945 report by the Airborne Board on the Comparative Test of Troop Type Parachutes and a 1975 U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command report on Air Delivery Test Capabilities. Subseries IIE, U.S. Navy Organizations, contains parachute research reports from 27 Navy organizations. Subareas containing the largest number of reports include: U.S. Naval Parachute Experimental Unit, 1949-1964; the Naval Weapons Center, 1979-1983; the National Parachute Test Range, 1976-1979, and the Naval Aerospace Recovery Facility, 1964-1974. Of particular interest to parachute historians is an Office of Naval Intelligence translation of a 1920 French article entitled The Parachute for Use in Aviation. Subseries IIF, Joint Parachute Research Organizations, primarily contains technical reports on drop tests from the Joint Parachute Test Facility at El Centro, California. The span of the reports for this organization ranges from 1951 to 1968. Also included in this subseries is meeting correspondence and minutes for the Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Aerial Delivery. The time span for this material is from 1970 to 1976. Subseries IIG, Non-U.S. Government Reports, has 22 major subareas. The bulk of these subareas include British and Canadian government reports. Also included are government reports from France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and NATO. The timespan for the subseries ranges from 1935 to 1979. The French, German, and Italian reports are written in the language of that country. The Russian reports are English translations. Subseries IIH, Irving Air Chute Company and Irvin Industries, is a large subseries containing 8 major subareas. As a former employee of Irving Air Chute Company, Dave Gold amassed a wide variety of materials. Included in the subseries is general employee information including general company information, newsletters, and organizational charts. Another major subarea is company correspondence spanning a period from 1918 to 1963. Most of the correspondence pertains to Dave Gold, but researchers will find the early Irvin Air Chute correspondence from 1918 to 1924 interesting. A third major subarea pertains to patent infringement cases from 1928 to 1940. A fourth subarea contains technical reports, technical bulletins, and manuals for Irving Air Chute Company and Irvin

Industries. A final subarea contains correspondence and technical reports from Irving Air Chute of Great Britain, Limited. Subseries III, Northrop Corporation, is another large area six major subarea. Again, as a former employee of Northrop, Dave Gold acquired a wide-range of material including inter-office communications, manuals and technical publications, test reports, and technical reports. The span of the subseries is from 1963 to 1969 with much of it pertaining to parachute development for the United States Space Program including the Mercury and Apollo programs. Also included in this subseries is a subarea of reports by Radioplane, a Division of Northrop. The span of these reports range from 1948 to 1964. Subseries IIJ, Space-General Corporation, contains a wide-variety of information including general information about the company, some correspondence, and technical data and reports. The span of the subseries is 1962 to 1965. Much of the information contained in the technical reports pertains to parachute development of rocket payloads. Subseries IIK contains reports from 47 different companies and research institutes concerning the development of the parachute from as early as 1943 to as late as 1980. Reasearchers will find the subareas pertaining to use of kevlar in parachutes and North American Aviations ejection seat test reports particularly interesting. Additionally, there is an interesting 1943 report by the Daniel Guggenheim Airship Institute on the use of wind tunnels for testing parachutes. Subseries IIL, Training, Symposiums, and Conferences, contains 14 major subareas containing technical reports, agendas, and minutes of a various parachute-related orgainizations. The time span of the reports range from 1983 to 1984. Included are lectures given at the University of Minnesota Aerodynamic Deceleration Course, papers presented at the April 1964 Symposium on Parachute Technology and Evaluation, technical papers and agendas for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1966 to 1984, and books documenting the proceedings of the Survival and Flight Equipment Association symposiums from 1971 to 1981. Series III, Parachute Equipment and Materials, contains information concerning parachute equipment sold by a wide-variety of parachute companies, both in the United States and overseas. The series contains 6 subseries. Much of the information is from the 1940s when Dave Gold had his own parachute packing company. Subseries IIIA, Irving Air Chute Chute Company, contains pamphlets and catalogs for the Irving Air Chute Company, Irving Air Chute of Great Britain Limited, Irvin Industries, Inc., and German, French and Spanish pamphlets for Irving Air Chute Company. The information contained in this subseries pertains to parachutes sold as early as the 1920s and as late as the 1980s. Researchers interested in the history of the parachute will find the Irving Air Chute pamphlets of the 1920s and 1930s particularly interesting. Subseries IIIB, Switlik Parachute and Equipment Company, contains newsletters, manuals, and pamphlets pertaining to Switlik parachutes. Almost all the information in this subseries is from the 1940s. Of interest to researchers is the pamphlet Coming Down by Floyd Smith, one of the founders of the company and someone Dave Gold corresponded with regularly. Subseries IIIC, Pioneer Parachute Company, contains pamphlets, campany catalogs, and parachute packing instructions primarily from the 1940s. Subseries IIID, GQ Security Parachutes Inc., contains service and operating instructions for a variety of GQ parachutes from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Subseries IIIE, British Parachute Companies, contains pamphlets, manuals, and packing instructions for GQ Parachute Company, Ltd or Surrey, England and Martin-Baker Aircraft Company, Ltd, of Middlesex, England. Most of the information in this subseries is from the 1970s. Subseries IIIF contains pamphlets, catalogs, and packing instructions for 14 different companies selling parachutes or parachute materials. Most of this information if is from the 1960s to the 1980s. In addition, there are parachute pamphlet from several parachute companies in France, Chinese, Italy, and Germany in that countries language. Of particular interest is the Italian pamphlets which primarily come from the 1930s. Series IV, Blueprints, is arranged in three subseries. All blueprints pertain to parachutes or parachute equipment.

The largest subseries is Subseries IVA, Air Force Blueprints. This subseries begins with U.S. Army Air Corps blueprints of the 1920s and 1930s. It is followed by U.S. Army Air Corps blueprints, U.S. Army Air Forces blueprints, and U.S. Air Force blueprints. Included in the U.S. Air Force files are blueprints created by the Air Material Command and the 6511th Parachute Development Test Group. The blueprints span the period 1920 to 1959. The blueprints are organized by year and then in numerical order within the year. Listed with each file are all blueprints within the file. This includes the blueprint number and title. Researchers should be aware that blueprint numbers begin with the year, followed by a alpha character, and then a four-digit number, e.g. 52A6117. As the alpha character increases, the size of the blueprint increases, e.g. A is an 8x10 inch page and D is a 24x36 sheet. Subseries IVB, Navy Blueprints, contains blueprints created by several different naval organizations and span a period beginning in 1924 and ending in 1977. The Naval Aircraft Factory blueprints are orgainized according to series number, i.e. 29XXX, etc. Blueprints created by the Bureaus of Aeronautics, Bureau of Naval Weapons, Naval Air Systems Command, and the Naval Parachute Unit are organized by year. Within each file the blueprints are listed in numerical order and include the blueprint title. Also included in the subseries are several blueprints from the Naval Aerospace Recovery Facility and the National Parachute Test Range. Subseries IVC, Parachute Manufacturing Companies, contains blueprints from Irving Air Chute Company, Irvin Industries, and variety of other companies. Blueprints for Irving Air Chute and Irvin Industries are orgainized by year and they in blueprint number order within files. Listed with each file is the blueprint number and title for each blueprint in the file. Blueprints for Other Companies is in alphabetical order by company. Listed with each file is the blueprints contained in the file including blueprint number and title. Finally, at the end of the subseries there are Dave Gold drawn blueprints of a variety of parachutes. These drawings were made by Dave Gold in 1938 and 1939. Of interest to researchers is a drawing of a Parachute Rigging Shed designed by Dave Gold. Series V, Regulations, Manuals, and Technical Orders, is a very large series. It contains 25 subseries organized by the originator of the regulation, manual, or technical order. Included are documents from the Superintendent of Documents, Federal Aviation Agency, Civil Aeronautics Authority, Civil Aeronautics Board, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, War Department, and virtually all military departments. The documents span the period 1919 to 1982. Most of the documents are from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Parachute historians will find the U.S. Army Air Service subseries (VQ) particularly interesting since it contains the first Parachute Manuals. Series VI, Audiovisual Materials, contains a wide-variety of materials and has six subseries.

Subseries VIA, Photographs, contains several major subgroups. The first subgroup contains photographs of Dave Gold, his family, friends, and co-

workers. Many of the photographs are of Dave Gold in parachute gear or testing parachute equipment. The second major subgroup is Parachute Development and Testing Program photographs.

These photographs are grouped according to testing program, e.g. FTL, WADC, etc., and then in chronological order.

The third major subgroup is Types of Parachutes. This subgroup is organized alphabetically according to the type of parachute being shown, i.e. B-5, C-9, S-1, T-5, etc. and then according to year. Photographs of parachutes from non-U.S. organizations are at the end of the subgroup.

The fourth major subgroup is photographs of Parachute Packs, Harnessess, Hardward, and Miscellaneous Equipment.

The fifth major subgroup is Miscellaneous Parachute Testing. This subgroup is organized in chronological order.

The sixth subgroup is Ejection Seat Testing. Two major sections of this subgroup is sequence photos of ejection seat testing at Lakehurst, New Jersey on 28 Feb 1973 and a Tomahawk Sled Run at Edwards AFB, California during the 1950s.

The seventh and eighth subgroups are Cargo Parachutes and Drag Chutes. Both are small subgroups arranged in chronological order.

The ninth subgroup is Bombs, Missiles and Drones which is arranged in chronological order.

The tenth subgroup is photographs of Army, Navy, and Other Skydivers from the 1950s and 1960s.

The eleventh subgroup is photographs of Parachute Testing Facilities. Included are photographs of the Whirltower at El Centro, California, Chute Truck testing at El Centro, and the Naval Weapons Center wind machine at China Lake, California. Also included are photographs of vertical wind tunnel testing at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The photographs span a period beginning in the 1940s and ending in the 1980s.

The twelth subgroup contains photographs documenting parachute testing for the United States Space Program. Included are photographs of parachute testing for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Space Capsule Recovery Programs of the 1960s. Also, included are photographs of the seat for the Space Shuttle.

The thirteenth subgroup contains historical photographs of parachutes beginning as early as 1910 through 1960. Included are photographs from World War I, parachute testing at McCook Field near Dayton, Ohio, old Irving Air Chute Company photographs, 1939 Forest Service jumps, and World War II parachutes jumps.

The last two subareas, Miscellaneous Photographs and Oversize Photographs, contain a variety of photographs that do not fit in the other subgroups. For example, there are photographs of a 1960s fad, Chute Across the Athletic Field, photographs of the Caterpillar Pin, and aircraft photographs in the Miscellaneous Photographs subgroup. The Oversize Photograph contains photographs of ejection seat test, British paratroopers, and the Irving Air Chute Company plant in Great Britain. Subseries VIB, Photograph Albums, contains six major subgroups. Five of these subgroups were removed from three-ring albums compiled by Dave Gold. The first five subgroups contain photographs of Types of Parachutes, Early Parachutes, Navy Parachutes and Equipment, Types of Parachutes

and Harnesses, and Russell Lobe Parachutes and Other Parachutes. The last subgroup contains photograph albums containing a variety of photographs including miscellaneous family photographs, Dave Gold parachuting and in parachute gear, airplanes, military parachutists, and a album on the development of the parachute. Subseries VIC, Photograph Negatives, contains negatives for a variey of parachute related photographs. Unfortunately, many of the negatives are not labeled. However, there are some very good negatives for Irving Air Chute Company photographs and Northrop-Ventura negatives for photographs of the Apollo Program. Subseries VID, Slides, contains a variety of slides. The most extensive slides document Dave Gold presentations on several articles he wrote about the parachute. These presentations include:

a. A Look at Chair Chutes, Parachute Industrys Answer to Airline Safety in the 1940s. b. Parachute Technology c. A Look at the EAGLE Parachute, An Interesting and Unique Personnel Parachute of the 1940s. d. A Look at those Jumping Balloonatics e. The Naval Weapons Centers Squarex Canopy Design: A New Parachute Concept. f. A Look at the Russell Lobe Parachute. g. A New Use for the NWCs Wind Machine.

Subseries VIE, VHS Tapes, and Subseries VIF, 8 & 16 MM Film, are closely tied to each other. The Dave Gold Parachute Collection contains 258 reels of film. During the processing of the collection, 224 reels were converted to the VHS film format. The remaining 34 reels could not be converted due to problems with the film. The VHS tapes have been grouped according to the subject of the film. The Finding Aid indicates the title of the film and date, if known. Also indicated with the tape is the number for the corresponding reel of film. The actual film in Subseries VIF is not organized in any particular pattern. The reels not converted to the VHS format are listed at the end of Subseries VIE. Virtually all the film/VHS tapes have no sound. Most of the film/VHS tapes document parachute testing in a variety of locations. Parachute historians will find the Irving Air Chute Promotional film Happy Landings, Ralph Wiggins jumping the 25 foot Hoffman Triangle parachute, and the 1939 Forest Service Experimental Smokejumper Project particularly interesting. Other film of note include the US Air Force film Survival by Parachute and the Airsafe documentary Opening Force-Parachute Comparability Program. Series VII, Newspaper Clippings and Scrapbooks contains three subseries. Virtually all the clippings and scrapbooks in this series pertaining to parachutes, parachute jumps, or parachute advertising. Subseries VIIA, Scrapbooks, contains 24 scrapbooks containing mostly newspaper and magazine clippings spanning a period from 1931 to 1969. Subseries VIIB, Newspaper Clippings, contains newspaper clippings beginning in 1914 and ending in 1983. Subseries VIIC, Magazine Clippings, contains magazine clippings beginning in 1920 and ending in 1985. Series VIII, Magazines and Newsletters, contains a wide-range of aviation and parachute-related magazines from both government and private organizations. Of particular interest to parachute

enthusiasts are a large number of parachute magazines including The Pegasus, Spotter, Sport Parachutist, Parachutist, and Skydiver Magazine. Series IX, Books, contains a variety of books, many of which have been autographed by the author to Dave Gold. The major subareas of this series include Parachute Education, Parachute Books, Aviation Books, Foreign Language books, and Miscellaneous books. Of interest to parachute historians there are parachute rigger books issued by the U.S. Navy during the 1940s and U.S. Army Quartermaster School books for parachute packing issued in the 1950s. There is also a Parachute Manual issued by British Air Ministry in 1931. The Parachute Books subarea contains a number of books autographed by the author including books by Eloise Engle, Don Dwiggins, Peter Hearn, Michael Horan, and Dan Poynter. There is also a wide-variety of aviation books ranging from introductions to flight to aviation history books.

BOX AND FOLDER LISTING

SERIES I: PERSONAL PAPERS Subseries IA: General Box File Description Date Recognition 1 1 Dave Gold Resume and Biography n.d.

2 Dave Gold Tuscon High School Diploma 26 May 1939 3 Dave Gold Honorary Parachute Test Jumper Certificate 10 Jun 1957 4 Dave Gold Honorary Membership in 16th Independent

Pathfinder Company (British Army) 30 Jun 1958 5 Dave Gold 6511th Test Group Award Certificates 1961-1962 6 Dave Gold Certificate of Completion of Space-General Course

In PERT 8 May 1963 7 Dave Gold Certificate of Membership in American Institute of

Aeronautics and Astronautics Jul 1978 8 Article David Gold Persuades Chute Diver to Teach Packing Art,

The Cactus Chronicle, Tuscon, AZ 15 Feb 1939 9 Contact and Phone Notebook c.a.1940s 10 Statement of Emergency Parachute Jump by 2 Lt Dannie R.

Lewallen Parachute Packed by Dave Gold 26 Jun 1951 11 2nd Annual Test Jumpers Reunion Apr 1979 Organizations 12 AKIBIAN Newsletter, Vol 1, #1 1936 13 International Aerospace Hall of Fame General Information 1976-1979 14 National Aeronautic Association n.d. 15 Newsletters San Diego Aero-Space Museum 1981-1983 16 Newsletters Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. Friends Bulletin Fall 1980 17 American Aviation Historical Society General Information 1968-1983 18 Air Force Historical Foundation Information 1978 19 SAFE General Membership Information 1979-1980 20 Aviation Hall of Fame General Information 1980 21 International Womens Air and Space Museum Information n.d. 22 American Skydivers, Inc. Information 1958 23 California Aerial Circus Parachute Team Information n.d. 24 Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences General Information 1960 25 Los Angles Chapter of AIAA Information 1969-1981 26 Donald Douglas Museum and Library General Information n.d.

27 Parachutists Over Phorty Society Information n.d.

Box File Description Date 1 28 Caterpillar Club Information n.d. 29 Aviation Trail, Inc. General Information 1983-1984 30 Smithsonian Institution General Information n.d. 31 Balloon Federation of America General Information 1976 Miscellaneous Information 1 32 Pamphlet Air Research and Development Command Aug 1952 33 Pamphlet Holloman Air Development Center, Information Guide Dec 1956 34 AIAA Bulletin (Extract) 1978 Whos Who in AIAA Technical

Activities Apr 1978 35 Pamphlet Parachute Activities n.d. 36 List Southwest Airways Pilots 1979 37 Article Improving Engineering Reports and Talks by Irving M.

Seideman (IEEE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech, Vol 10, #1) Jul 1967

38 Articles on Photography 1979 39 Trip to Bodo, Norway Deployment and Support of 4 F-16 Aircraft Feb 1979 40 Bodo, Norway Brochures Feb 1979

Parachute Clubs and Competition 2 1 California Parachute Club of Los Angles General Information 1957 2 Southern California Sport Parachuting Council General Information 1961 3 U.S. Parachute Association General Information 1974

4 U.S. Parachute Association Proposal to U.S. Postal Service for Free-Fall Commemorative Stamp 12 Jan 1983

5 Parachute Club of America General Membership Information 1959-1962 6 Parachute Club of America General Correspondence 1959-1961

7 Parachute Club of America Report to Contributors and Financial Report of the U.S. Parachute Team 1956

8 Parachute Club of America Official Rules and Regulations for Tryouts for 1958 U.S. Parachute Team & 4th World Championships 1958

9 Parachute Club of America Pamphlet The United States Parachute Team 1967

10 Parachute Club of America First Parachute Examiners Conference Feb 1962 11 Points List 3rd World Parachute Jumping Championship Aug 1956 12 Pamphlet Fifth World Parachuting Championship, Sophia, Bulgaria 1960

13 6th World Sport Parachuting Championship New England Governors Conference Resolution Dec 1961

14 Program Sixth World Sport Parachuting Championships, Orange, MA Aug-Sep 1962 15 Official Program 1966 National Parachuting Championships, Tahlequah, OK Jun 1966 16 Official Program 1968 U.S. National Parachuting Championships 1968 17 Schedule of Events Invitational Sport Parachute Meet, St. Catharines n.d.

Box File Description Date 1 18 U.S. Army Parachute Team General Information 1966, 1968 19 Sporting Code, Sect. 5, Parachuting Class G, Regulations for

Obtaining National and International Parachutists Certificates and Jump Records 1961

20 California Parachute Regulations 26 Jun 1967 21 The Parachute Club of Canada Basic Rules and Safety Regulations n.d.

Subseries IB: Correspondence Box File Description Date 2 22 General Correspondence 1937-1949 23 General Correspondence 1950-1959 24 General Correspondence 1960-1969 25 General Correspondence 1970-1979 26 General Correspondence 1980-1984 27 Rejection Letters, Re.: Dave Gold Article Submissions 1937-1945 28 Semi-Personal Correspondence 1938-1951 29 Employment with Space-General Corporation 1963 30 Miscellaneous Work Correspondence 1958-1980 31 SAFE Symposium Correspondence 1982, 1983 3 1 Civil Air Patrol Correspondence 1942-1945 2 Floyd Smith and Family Correspondence 1942-1969 3 Guy Ball Correspondence 1968-1969 4 Grace Marley, Southampton, England Correspondence 1968

5 U.S. Forest Service Correspondence 1969 6 Sidney B. Jackson, Irving Air Chute of Great Britain, Ltd. 1962-1969 7 Sidney B. Jackson, Irving Air Chute of Great Britain, Ltd. 1970-1979 8 Sidney B. Jackson, Re.: Draft of Ripcord by Peter Hearn 1981 9 Sidney B. Jackson, Irving Air Chute of Great Britain, Ltd. 1980-1984 10 Burt Ewing Correspondence 1978 11 Alan Levinson, G.Q Security Parachutes, Correspondence 1980 12 Bud Sellick Correspondence c.a.1980s 13 Edmund Glass, Irvin Industries, Re.: Emergency Jump of Lt Harris 24 Nov 1980 14 Peter Hearn Correspondence 1981-1983 15 Daniel Poynter, Re.: Brief History of Tethered Flight 1982 16 D. W. Buchanon Correspondence 1982-1983 17 Requests for Books and Pamphlets on Parachutes 1936-1951 18 Sky Diver Magazine Correspondence 1959-1966 19 Request for Information, Re.: Technical History on Parachutes, 1900-1925 1968

20 United Kingdom Museums & Government Agencies, Re.: Technical History of Parachutes, 1900-1925 1968

21 Wingfoot Lighter-than-Air Society Correspondence 1968

Box File Description Date 3 22 National American Balloon Corps Veterans Correspondence 1968-1969 23 Air Force Museum Correspondence 1968-1979 24 Flying Book Club Correspondence 1977 25 Smithsonian Exhibit on Parachute Correspondence 1978-1979 26 Western Canada Aviation Museum Correspondence 1979-1982 27 Research Visits to National Air and Space Museum Correspondence 1980 28 Los Angles Chapter of AIAA Correspondence 1980

29 AIAA Technical Committee on Aerodynamic Decelerator and Balloon Technology Correspondence 1980-1983

30 Aviation Hall of Fame Correspondence, Re.: Parachute Museum 1982-1983 31 Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, PA Correspondence 1982-1983 32 San Diego Aero-Space Museum Correspondence 1977-1984 Subseries IC: Parachute Articles by Dave Gold Box File Description Date 4 1 Outline of Story Ideas n.d. 2 What Makes Davey Jump by Dave Gold n.d. 3 Dave Gold Articles in Flying Aces Sep 1939, Jun 1940, Sep 1942 4 Dave Gold Articles in Sky Diver Magazine 1959-1960 5 Milestones in the History of Parachute Development by Dave Gold

(SAFE Journal, Vol 9, #1) 1979 6 Parachute History by Dave Gold n.d. 7 My Caterpillars Dont Wiggle by Dave Gold n.d. 8 Parachute Opening Analyzed by Dave Gold n.d. 9 Article About Delay Drop Parachutists (No Title) by Dave Gold n.d. 10 Making Your Own Model Parachute by Dave Gold n.d. 11 Jumping at Conclusions: The Parachute Today by Dave Gold 1941 12 Farewell to the Lobe Parachute by Dave Gold n.d. 13 Why Not Model Parachutes? by Dave Gold n.d. 14 Draft Parachute Manual for Aeronautical Personnel n.d. 15 Early Development of the Manually Operated, Personnel

Parachute, 1900-1919 by Dave Gold (Presented at 2nd AIAA Aerodynamic Deceleration Systems Conference) Sep 1968

16 Bailing Out Then and Now by Dave Gold (Presented at 17th Annual SAFE Symposium) Dec 1979

17 A Look at the Hoffman Triangle Parachute First Successful Glidable Parachute by Dave Gold (Presented at 1980 SAFE Symposium) Oct 1980

18 Submission of Paper Abstract by Dave Gold for 7th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator and Balloon Technology Conference The Parachute in Perspective: Looking Backward to 1931, Circa A.I.A.A. Origin 1981

Box File Description Date 4 19 The Parachute in Perspective: Looking Backward to 1931,

Circa A.I.A.A. Origin by Dave Gold (Presented at 7th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator and Balloon Technology Conference) Oct 1981

20 Parachute Technology by Dave Gold (AIAA Student Journal, Vol. 19, #1) 1981

21 A Look at the Russell Lobe Parachute The First Ultrastable Parachute Design by Dave Gold (Presented at 1981 SAFE Symposium) Dec 1981

22 Photographs for Article - A Look at the Russell Lobe Parachute The First Ultrastable Parachute Design (File 1 of 5) Dec 1981

23 Photographs for Article - A Look at the Russell Lobe Parachute The First Ultrastable Parachute Design (File 2 of 5) Dec 1981

24 Photographs for Article - A Look at the Russell Lobe Parachute The First Ultrastable Parachute Design (File 3 of 5) Dec 1981

25 Photographs for Article - A Look at the Russell Lobe Parachute The First Ultrastable Parachute Design (File 4 of 5) Dec 1981

26 Photographs for Article - A Look at the Russell Lobe Parachute The First Ultrastable Parachute Design (File 5 of 5) Dec 1981

27 Russell Lobe Parachute Drops (Color Photographs)(File 1 of 2) Dec 1981 28 Russell Lobe Parachute Drops (Color Photographs)(File 2 of 2) Dec 1981 5 1 A Look at the Eagle Parachute, An Interesting Unique Personnel Parachute of the 1940s by Dave Gold (Presented at the 1982

SAFE Symposium) Dec 1982 2 A New Use for NWCs Wind Machine: Parachute Testing by Dave Gold and Lawrence DeBold (1982 SAFE Journal) Aug 1983 3 A Look at Chair Chutes Parachute Industrys Answer to Airline Safety by Dave Gold Nov 1983 4 A Look at Those Jumping Balloonautics by Dave Gold (File 1 of 3) 1984 5 A Look at Those Jumping Balloonautics by Dave Gold (File 2 of 3) 1984 6 A Look at Those Jumping Balloonautics by Dave Gold (File 3 of 3) 1984 7 The Naval Weapon Centers SquareX Design: A New Parachute

Concept by Dave Gold (Presented at AIAA 8th Aerodynamic Decelerator and Balloon Technology Conference) Apr 1984

Subseries ID: Parachute History Research and Notes Box File Description Date General History 6 1 Astra Castra (Extract) Jul 1837 2 Parachute Drops from Balloon, E. R. Hutchison 1892 3 U.S. War Department Correspondence to Mr. L. Irvin, Re.: Parachute 1918 4 Report Parachute Progress Report #13 (Ref AIR 1/1079/2040/5/1682) 5 Nov 1918

Box File Description Date 6 5 Report Report on Use of Spencer Type Parachutes from Kite

Balloons in France (Ref AIR 1/1079/204/5/1681) 1917-1918 6 Report Schedule of Abnormal Parachute Descents Recorded in

400 Drops (From Kite Balloons) (Ref AIR 1/1079/204/5/1681) 1917-1918 7 World War I Correspondence Concerning Parachute (U.S. Army) 1918-1919 8 Sperry Gyroscope Company Patents 1920-1929 9 Parachute Historical Data McCook Field Correspondence, etc.

(Obtained from Air Force Museum) 1925-1927 10 Histoire de LAeronautique (Extract) by Charles Dollfus and

Henri Bouche 1932 11 Letters Concerning Airmen Who Bailed Out During WWII 1944 12 Award of Aeronaut Leo Stevens Memorial Parachute Medal to

Major Robert Oakley 27 Aug 1958 13 Marie Daughtery Information (Black Female Flyer/Parachutist) 1967 14 Original Smithsonian Exhibit Script The Parachute 1979 15 Smithsonian Exhibit Royal Air Force and Guardian Angel Parachutes 1979 16 Copies of Articles Found During Smithsonian Library Visit 1980 17 Notes on Smithsonian Exhibit Script The Parachute 1983 18 WWI Lists of Interview, Talks, Lectures, Autographed Items & Books n.d. 19 Aviation History Compilation, Aviation History Library of

Northrop Institute of Technology n.d. Dave Gold Notes (Handwritten)

20 Personal Notes and Observations on Parachutes in General, Maintenance of Chutes, and Jumping (Started Apr 30, 1934) 1934

21 Notebook on Parachute Specifications, History, & Inspection, Started May 11, 1936 1936

22 Collection of Different Articles, Chapters, & Paragraphs on Parachutes from Different Books, Started Sep 29, 1936) 1936

23 Notebook on Fabrics and Their Fabrication (Relative to Parachutes) Started about Oct 5, 1936 1936

Extracts from Books 7 1 The Romance of Invention: Vignettes from the Annals of Industry and Science by James Burnley 1886 2 Ripcord: Adventures with Parachutes by Lloyd S. Graham (File 1 of 4) 1931 3 Ripcord: Adventures with Parachutes by Lloyd S. Graham (File 2 of 4) 1931 4 Ripcord: Adventures with Parachutes by Lloyd S. Graham (File 3 of 4) 1931 5 Ripcord: Adventures with Parachutes by Lloyd S. Graham (File 4 of 4) 1931 6 Engineering Aerodynamics by Walter Stuart Diehl (Chapters 3-6) 1936

Box File Description Date 7 7 Principles and Practice of Aviation Medicine, Chapter XXVI,

Protective Flying Equipment by Harry G. Armstrong 1939 8 Technical Aerodynamics by Karl D. Wood (Airfoil Characteristics) 1947 9 Parachutes by W. D. Brown 1951

10 Flight Handbook, The Theory and Practice of Aeronautics by The Staff of Flight (Chapters 1-2) 1954

11 Microfilm (NASA-CR-71475, Voyager Spacecraft, Vol. V; Alternate Designs, Subsystems Considerations, App. I, (TRW Systems Group) 30 Jul 1965

12 Dreams and Realities of the Conquest of the Skies by Beril Becker 1967 13 Black Americans in Aviation by Raymond Eugene Peters &

Clinton M. Arnold 1975 14 Man in Flight, Biomedical Achievements in Aerospace by

Eloise Engle & Arnold Lott 1979 15 The Great American Balloon Book by Bob Waligunda & Larry Sheehan 1981 16 Elements of Practical Aerodynamics by Bradley Jones (Chapters 5-8) n.d.

17 An Introduction to Aeronautical Engineering, Vol. I, Mechanics Of Flight by A. C. Kermade (Chapter 3) n.d.

18 Title Unknown, Chapter I, Physical Properties of Air n.d. 19 Hunters From the Sky: The German Parachute Corps 1940-1945 by

Charles Whiting n.d. 20 The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, Vol. I: 1899-1905 n.d. 21 The Last Hero: Charles A. Lindbergh by Walter S. Ross n.d. 22 Appendix C, Why No Parachutes from No Parachute by A.G. Lee n.d. 8 1 Lindbergh: A Biography by Leonard Mosby n.d. 2 The Complete Guide to Riding the Winds by Dick Wirth n.d. 3 Parachutes from The Machines Quality and Quantity n.d. 4 Airfoil Characteristics from Technical Aerodynamics n.d. Magazine Articles 5 Scientific American Articles 1911-1925 6 Early Articles About Parachutes (Popular Science Monthly, Aviation, etc.) 1912-1919 7 Articles About Leo Stevens 1912-1914

8 Excerpts from Articles & Copies of Photographs from Flight Magazine 1916-1942 9 Fitting Parachutes to Airplanes, Air Service Journal 26 Sep 1918 10 Calthrop Guardian Angel Parachute Articles from Flight Magazine 1917-1922 11 Articles by T. Orde Lees in Flight Magazine 1920-1921 12 H.S. Holt Autochute Articles in Flight Magazine 1920-1925 13 Floyd Smith Magazine Articles 1920-1921 14 Le Concours de Parachutes, LAerophile Magazine 15 Jul 1923 15 First Emergency Parachute Jump Feb 1925

Box File Description Date 8 16 Notes on the Parachute Some Practical Details on the Use of

Parachutes by an Expert by Sgt J. Pearson, Aviation Magazine 18 Oct 1926 17 Secrets of the Silk Sailors by Floyd Smith, Popular Mechanics Feb 1934 18 Articles About Clem Sohn, Michigans Bat Man c.a.1930 19 Pulling the Ripcord by P.D. Fahnestock, Modern Mechanics Mar 1937 20 Emergency Uses of the Parachute, Equipment and Facilities c.a.1940s

21 The Man Who Wasnt Satisfied, The Life History of Floyd Smith (Reprint from Commercial Aviation and Aircraft Production) Feb 1941

22 Heavenly Umbrellas by Douglas J. Ingells, Coronet Jan 1943 23 Air Force Magazine Articles 1943-1945 24 Injuries Associated With Parachute Escapes, The Air Surgeon Bulletin May 1944 25 Escape from Vertical Take-Off Aircraft, by Commander Roland A.

Bosee, The Journal of Aviation Medicine, Vol. 26, #4 Aug 1955 26 Pragmatical Parachuting, A Report from Moscow by John Fricker

(Reprint from The Aeroplane) 1956 27 Problems of Escape from High Performance Aircraft: A Symposium

(Reprint from The Journal of Aviation Medicine) Feb 1957 28 Parachute Recovery of Guided Missiles by S. B. Jackson, Shell

Aviation News Nov 1958 29 Seam Engineeringthe Use and Misuse of Threads, Canvas

Products Review Mar 1959 30 Where Am I? Lets Review our Emergency Locator Devices Sep 1961 31 Theory and Experiment on the Measurement of Approach-

Avoidance Conflict by Seymour Epstein & Walter D. Frenz (Reprint from The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, Vol. 64, No. 2) 1962

32 Inflation of a Parachute by Kenneth E. French (Reprint from AIAA Journal) 1963

33 Model Law for Parachute Opening Shock by Kenneth E. French (Reprint from AIAA Journal) 1964

34 Camera Capsules Aid Saturn Program, Missiles and Rockets 14 Sep 1964 35 Parachute-and-Retrorocket Landing System for Vertical Descent by

Kenneth E. French (Reprint from Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets) 1965 36 Parachute and Cushion Landing System by Kenneth E. French

(Reprint from Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets) 1966 37 Let Packages Bounce Safely, Modern Materials Handling Dec 1966 38 A Method of Load Prediction for Parachutes in Cluster by

John H. Moeller, Journal of Aircraft Jul/Aug 1967 39 Aviation Engineering Duty Officers (A.E.D.O.), A History and a

Heritage by Commander Frank H. Featherston (Reprint from United States Naval Institute Proceedings) Feb 1968

40 Bidding on Government Contracts Zero Defects Program Works Here, Too! by Herbert G. Fredericks, Defense Industry Bulletin Jun 1968

Box File Description Date 8 41 Who Designed the Manual U.S. Air Corps Parachute, The U.S.A.C.

Parachute Team with Floyd Smith, or Irvin? by Henri Hegener (Onze Luchtmacht) 1969

42 Stress: In the Air by Walter D. Frenz & Seymour Epstein, Psychology Today Sep 1969

43 A New Correlation of Parachute Weight Data by Kenneth E. French (Reprint from Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets) Jan 1971

44 Supersonic and Transonic Deployment of Ribbon Parachutes at Low Altitudes by Randall C. Maydew & Donald W. Johnson (Reprint from Journal of Aircraft) Jul 1972

45 Fabrics for Gliding Decelerators, Textile Research Journal Aug 1972 46 Suspension-Line Wave Motion During the Lines-First Unfurling

Process, AIAA Journal Jan 1974 47 Balloon Flight 1910-1911 by Arthur J. Carruth III, The Sporting

Scene 1978 48 Tates Test by Rear Admiral Jackson R. Tate, Naval Aviation News Sep 1978 49 Parachutes, NASM Air and Space, Vol. 3, No. 5 May-Jun 1980

50 High-Altitude Parachute Recovery by T. W. Knacke (Reprint from Physics and Medicine of the Upper Atmosphere) n.d.

51 Frank Hammond Article Extracts n.d. Research Notes - Index Cards 52 BRC Cards Summaries of Textile Research Reports 1950-1961 9 Index Cards Articles in Magazines and New York Times Index 1912-1940 10 Index Cards Parachute Publications 1912-1950 11 Index Cards A.C. and A. F. Drawing Index 1945-1951 Subseries IE: Dave Gold Patents Box File Description Date 12 1 Inventions, Patents and Your Job, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Wright Air Development Center c.a.1950s

2 Patent Request (Draft) Slidable Adjustable Parachute Slip and Turn Risers 1955 3 Correspondence Slip Riser System 1955 4 Invention Disclosure #5852, Parachute Slip and Turn Risers 1955-1956 5 Patent Information for Parachute Riser System 1955-1958 6 U.S. Patent #2,825,515, Parachute Riser System 4 Mar 1958 7 Correspondence Pre-Patent Communications Guidable Parachute 1957 8 Invention Disclosure #6968, Guidable Parachute 29 Apr 1959

Box File Description Date 12 9 U.S. License, Guidable Parachute, Application for Patent 7 May 1959 10 Patent Application Serial #826,885, Guidable Parachute, Rejection of Application 22 Mar 1960 11 U.S. Patent #2,993,668, Guidable Parachute 25 Jul 1961 12 U.S. License, Bi-Area Pilot Parachute, Application for Patent 27 Apr 1959 13 U.S. Patent #2,970,795, Bi-Area Pilot Parachute 7 Feb 1961 14 U.S. Patent Application Link Connector for Parachute Harness 1963 15 U.S. Patent #3,279,012, Link Connector for Parachute Harness 18 Oct 1966 16 U.S. Patent Application, Quick Divestible Parachute Harness 1964 17 U.S. Patent #3,154,272, Quick Divestible Parachute Harness 27 Oct 1964

18 Transfer of Patent from Dave Gold to Irving Air Chute Co. Quick Divestible Parachute Harness 1964

19 Disclosure of Invention, Controlled Rotation Parachute 1980-1982 20 Disclosure of Invention, Gliding Circular Ram Air Parachute 18 Jan 1982 21 Patent Request, Navy Case #66443, Gliding Circular Ram-Air

Parachute 1982 22 Disclosure of Invention, Lowered Opening Shock Parachute Canopy 11 Feb 1982

23 Patent Request, Navy Case #66561, Lowered Opening Shock Parachute Canopy 1982

24 Disclosure of Invention, Simple Parachute Canopy Design 28 May 1982 25 Patent Request, Navy Case #66862, Simple Parachute 1982 26 Disclosure of Invention, Parachute Fly-Away Deployment Aid 11 May 1984 27 Patent Request, Navy Case #66584, Parachute Canopy with Low

Speed, High Speed Capability n.d. Subseries IF: Dave Gold Parachute Service Box File Description Date General 13 1 Various Business Cards n.d. 2 National Parachute Jumpers-Riggers, Inc. Membership Cards 1948, 1949 3 Parachute Inspection Cards 1940-1945 4 Blank Parachute Inspection Cards c.a.1940s 5 Authorized Distributor Agreements with Switlik Parachute Co. 1943-1947 6 List Certificated Parachute Technicians, Region VI 1948 7 Parachute Service Records 1943 8 Parachute Log Book #1, Tucson Airport, Tucson, AZ 1938-1941

9 Parachute Log Book #2, Tucson Airport, Tucson, AZ or Thunderbird Airport, Glendale, AZ 1941-1943

10 Parachute Rigger Log (Pioneer Parachute Co.) 1938-1941 11 Master Loft Log (Pioneer Parachute Co.) 1943-1951 12 Parachute Inspection Log 1943-1944

Box File Description Date 13 13 Parachute Inspection Log and Business Contact List 1949-1954 14 Parachute Inspection Log 1946 15 Parachute Inspection Log 1947 16 Parachute Jump Log, Book #1 1945-1951 17 Packing Log/Notes 1961 18 Parachute Drop Tests Jan 1946 19 Parachute Rental Agreement 1955 Correspondence 14 1 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1934-1944 2 Department of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration/Authority 1934-1947 3 Phoenix Junior College 1943 4 Air-Sea Rescue Agency 1950 5 U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Corps/Forces 1936-1948 6 Embassies and Consulates 1936-1939 7 Requests for Information for U.S. Navy 1934-1949 8 U.S. Forest Service 1939-1943 9 Triangle Parachute Co. 1930-1939 10 Sewing Machines 1936-1950 11 Textile, Ducts, and Webbing 1937-1946 12 Requests for Information Concerning Silk, Nylon, & Cotton Materials 1936-1945 13 Joe Crane Cranes Parachute Sales & National Parachute

Jumpers-Riggers Association 1940-1951 14 Irving Air Chute Co. 1938-1951 15 Pioneer Parachute Co. 1939-1944 16 Pioneer Parachute Co. 1945-1953 17 Standard Parachute Corp. 1941-1944 18 Switlik Parachute Co. 1932-1940 19 Switlik Parachute Co. 1941-1947 20 William L. Sparks 1946 21 United-Carr Fastener Corp. 1941-1945 22 Miscellaneous Parachute Companies and Services 1936-1950 Subseries IG: Memorabilia Box File Description Date 15 1 Schedule of Events 1935 National Air Races, Cleveland, OH Aug-Sep 1935 2 Official Schedule of Events 1938 National Air Races, Cleveland, OH Sep 1938 3 Model Airplane News Mar 1939 4 Flying Aces Sep 1939 5 Flying Aces Jun 1940 6 Flying Aces Oct 1940 7 Flying Aces Sep 1942

Box File Description Date 15 8 True Picture Magazine, No. 22 Mar 1943 9 Model Airplane News Apr 1946 10 Thunderbird Field (Glendale, AZ) 1945 11 Souvenir Program Veterans Air Show, Airhaven Airport, Phoenix, AZ 17 Feb 1946

12 Souvenir Program Tuscon Squadron Civil Air Patrol Presents an Exhibit of Aircraft, Municipal Airport #2, Tucson, AZ 1 Dec 1946

13 Program The Air Force Association Presents a Free Air Show, Paradise Airport, Phoenix, AZ 6 Apr 1947

14 Souvenir Program Veterans Air Circus, Airhaven Airport, Phoenix, AZ 19 Feb 1948 15 Souvenir Program and Posters Annual Winslow, AZ Aerial Round-Up Sep 1949 16 Program Air Show, Flagstaff, AZ c.a.1940s 17 Official Program National Invitational Sport Parachute Meet,

Ft. Campbell, KY Oct 1958 18 Official Program Fort Bragg National Invitational Sport Parachute

Meet May 1959 19 Parachuting United States Parachute Association Calendar 1974 20 The A.S.S.M. PresentsHank Carusos Aerocatures Calendar for 1981, 1982 21 Pamphlet Pioneer Venus Exploration (Hughes Aircraft Co.) 1974 22 Souvenir Reprint Airline Pilot Aug 1977 23 Booklet United States Air Force Museum 1979 24 United States Air Force Museum Calendars 1978, 1979, 1980 25 Pamphlet The U.S. Air Forcethe Young Mans Team Jan 1956 26 Pamphlets Hot Air Balloons n.d. Subseries IH: General Parachute Engineering Data and Notes Box File Description Date 16 1 List Agencies and Individuals in Foreign Countries which are Actively Involved in Aerodynamic Decelerator Research and Development c.a.1950s 2 Parachutes General Information n.d. 3 Duck Fabrics General Information n.d. 4 Parachute Definitions n.d. 5 Hunters Notes (General Navy Specification Information) 1942-1945 6 Drag Coefficients of Various Bodies 1955 7 Trajectory Formulas & Calculations for Falling Bodies (General Data) n.d.

8 Specifications for Cotton Duck, Silk Tape, Webbing, Parachute Silk & Rip Cords n.d.

9 Dave Gold Research Notes (Stenopad) n.d. 10 Rocket Design Data Handbook (Bell Aerosystems Co.) Jan 1961 11 Scientific and Technical Aerospace Report (ASTIA)(Steno Notebook) 1963-1968 12 ASTIA Index (Steno Notebook) 1966-1969 13 Technical Abstract Bulletins (Extracts)(ASTIA) n.d.

Box File Description Date 16 14 Aeronautical Vest-Pocket Handbook (Pratt-Whitney Aircraft Gp.) Jun 1977 15 Notebook Capache Recovery Systems, Job 856 n.d. 16 Daily Log (Steno Notebook) 1966 17 Daily Log (Steno Notebook) 1968 18 Textile Notes (Engineering Project Record Book) n.d. 19 Drogue Parachute Reefing Line Notes 1967 20 Drawing and Calculation for Basic Gore Jan 1982 21 Working Papers Cross Chute Design 1965-1973 22 Relationship Between Flow Pattern and Stability (Chart) n.d. 23 Common Parachute Canopies Charts 1978 SERIES II: PARACHUTE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Subseries IIA: Patents Box File Description Date 17 1 Pamphlet - General Information Concerning Patents 1 Jan 1946

2 Rules of Practice of the United States Patent Office in Patent Cases Sep 1955 3 Pamphlet General Information Concerning Patents Feb 1958 4 Patents Vested in the Alien Property Custodian (Pgs 45-60)

(Reproduced from Patent Office Official Gazette) n.d. 5 Lists Parachute Patents 1893-1948 6 List of Italian Patents (Patent Number and Date) 1908-1911 7 British Patent #134,668, Improvements in or Relating to Cases for

Parachutes, Maximillian Harold Spencer 8 Mar 1919 8 British Patent #188,031, An Improved Coupling for Securing the Life

Line of a Parachute to the Harness of an Aviator, Harold Edward Sherwin Holt 23 Oct 1922

9 British Patent #364,765, Improvements in or Relating to Padded Upholstery Harness and Pack for Aircraft Chairs, Stanley Switlik 14 Jan 1932

10 French Patent #650,562, Perfectionnements aux Parachutes 7 Mar 1928 11 Canadian Patent #276,620, Parachutes, Axel Raoul Thornblad 27 Dec 1927

12 Canadian Patent #601,987, Parachute Equipment for Aviators, Arthur J. Harrison 19 Jul 1960

U.S. Parachute Patents 18 1 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1893-1898 2 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1903-1911 3 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1912-1913 4 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1914 5 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1915 6 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1916 7 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1917

Box File Description Date 18 8 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1918 9 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1919 10 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1920 11 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1921 12 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1922 13 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1923 14 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1924 15 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1925 16 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1926 17 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1927 18 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1928 19 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1929 20 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1930 19 1 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1931 2 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1932 3 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1933 4 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1934 5 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1935 6 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1936 7 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1937 8 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1938 9 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1939 10 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1940-1941 11 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1942 12 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1943 13 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1945-1946 20 1 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1947-1948 2 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1949 3 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware Jan 1950-Jun 1950 4 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware Jul 1950-Dec 1950 5 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1951 6 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1952 7 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1953-1954 8 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1955 9 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1956-1959 10 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1960-1962 11 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1963 12 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1968-1973 13 Parachute and Parachute Equipment & Hardware 1976-1977

Subseries IIB: U.S. Government Agencies Box File Description Date National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 21 1 NACA Extract Bibliography of Aeronautics n.d. 2 Technical Memorandum 322, Airplane Parachutes Aug 1925 3 Technical Note 335, The Structure and Properties of Parachute Cloth Mar 1930 4 Technical Note 393, An Investigation of Cotton for Parachute Cloth Sep 1931 5 Technical Note 450, Mercerization of Cotton for Strength with

Special Reference to Aircraft Cloth Feb 1933 6 Report 557, Preliminary Tests in the N.A.C.A. Free-Spinning

Wind Tunnel 1936 7 Bulletin, Antispin-Tail-Parachute Installations Feb 1943 8 Wartime Report L5G19a, Comparison of Tail and Wing-Tip

Spin-Recovery Parachutes as Determined by Tests in the Langley 20-Foot Free-Spinning Tunnel Mar 1946

9 Wartime Report L6A15, Determination of Towline Tension and Stability of Spin-Recovery Parachutes Mar 1946

10 Technical Note 1315, Free-Falls and Parachute Descents in the Standard Atmosphere Jun 1947

11 Research Memorandum L7K10, Wind-Tunnel Investigation of the Stability of Jettisoned Nose Sections of the D-558 Airplane Phases I and II 14 Jan 1948

12 Research Memorandum L8D27, Method of Estimating the Minimum Size of a Tail or Wing-Tip Parachute for Emergency Spin Recovery Of an Airplane 27 Oct 1948

13 Technical Note 1869, Wind-Tunnel Investigation of the Opening Characteristics, Drag, and Stability of Several Hemispherical Parachutes Apr 1949

14 Technical Note 2051, Spin-Tunnel Investigation to Determine the Effect on Spin Recoveries of Reducing the Opening Shock Load of Spin-Recovery Parachutes Mar 1950

15 Technical Note 2098, The Effects of Stability of Spin-Recovery Tail Parachutes on the Behavior of Airplanes in Gliding Flight and In Spins May 1950

16 Research Memorandum L51J18, Wind-Tunnel Investigation of the Effects of Various Asymmetric Canopy Modifications on the Behavior Of Descending Parachutes 15 Feb 1952

17 Technical Note 3863, Wind-Tunnel Investigation at Low Speeds to Determine the Effect of Aspect Ration and End Plates on a Rectangular Wing With Jet Flaps Deflected 85 Degrees Dec 1956

National Aeronautics and Space Administration 22 1 Technical Note D-752, Aerodynamic Characteristics of Parachutes at MACH Numbers from 1.6 to 3 May 1961

Box File Description Date 22 2 Results of the Second U.S. Manned Suborbital Space Flight

Jul 21, 1961 1961 3 Technical Note D-2271, Low-Speed Free-Flight Stability and

Drag Characteristics of Radially Vented Parachutes Mar 1964 4 NASA TT F-10,391, Stability Research on Parachutes Using

Digital and Analog Computers Nov 1966 5 Technical Note D-3869, Gemini Land Landing System Development

Program, Volume I Full-Scale Investigations Mar 1967 6 Technical Note D-3870, Gemini Land Landing System Development

Program, Volume II Supporting Investigations Mar 1967 7 Contractor Report 929, Deployment Mechanics for an Inflatable

Tension-Cone Decelerator Nov 1967 8 Technical Memorandum X-1499, Performance of a 19.7-Meter-

Diameter Disk-Gap-Band Parachute in a Simulated Martian Environment Jan 1968 9 Technical D-5199, Wind-Tunnel Investigation of the Aerodynamic

Characteristics of a Twin-Keel Parawing May 1969 10 Technical Memorandum SX-1923, Wind-Tunnel Investigation of

Ram-Air-Inflated All-Flexible Wings of Aspect Ratios 1.0 to 3.0 Dec 1969 11 Technical Memorandum X-2101, Flight Test Results Pertaining to the

Space Shuttlecraft Oct 1970 12 Space Vehicle Design Criteria (Structures) SP-8066, Deployable

Aerodynamic Deceleration Systems Jun 1971 13 Technical Note D-6671, Evaluation of Massless-Spring Modeling of

Suspension-Line Elasticity During the Parachute Unfurling Process Feb 1972 14 Technical Note D-6866, Summary of Design Considerations for

Airplane Spin-Recovery Parachute Systems Aug 1972 15 Parachute Familiarization Training Using an Ascending Parachute by

Leland C. Norman n.d. 16 Proposal 59-BMD-61, Payload and Test Contract, System 609A n.d. 17 NASA SP-367, Introduction to the Aerodynamics of Flight, Pgs 59-91 n.d. 18 Pamphlet Johnson Space Center Airborne Instrumentation

Research Program n.d. U.S. Forest Service 23 1 Correspondence - Re.: Eagle Parachute of 1940s 1982 2 Pamphlet Men and Wildfire, Visitor Center Aerial Fire Depot

Missoula, Montana 1975 3 Service Bulletin, Vol. XXIII, #24 27 Nov 1939 4 Cargo Parachute Test Report, Aerial Delivery of Supplies 30 Jun 1939 5 Report on Parachute Jumping Experiment, Aerial Fire Control Fall 1939 6 Aerial Delivery of Personnel and Cargo by the U.S. Forest Service by

J.V. Waite c.a.1940s 7 Smokejumper Dec 1944

Box File Description Date 23 8 Fire Control Notes, A Periodical Devoted to the Technique of

Forest Fire Control, Vol. 7, No. 1 Apr 1946 9 Air Operations Handbook, Chapter VII Cargo Dropping 1947 10 Use of Aircraft in Forestry Apr 1948 11 Specification 513, Model FS-3 Parachute Canopy Dec 1954

12 Forestry Parachute Equipment, Part VI Aerial Delivery of Personnel and Cargo by the U.S. Forest Service by James V. Waite Jun 1956

13 Parachute Line Differential Methods of Packing Oct 1956 14 Specification 523, Model FS-3 Parachute Container Nov 1956 15 Specification 512, Model FS-2 Parachute Canopy Jan 1957 16 Specification 515, Model FS-5 Parachute Canopy Feb 1957 17 History of Smokejumping 30 Jan 1959 18 Specification 503, Model FS-3 Parachute Canopy and Container

Assembly Mar 1957 19 Agricultural Information Bulletin 229, Air Attack on Forest Fires Nov 1960 20 Project Record ED&T 2112 Skyvan Evaluation, Evaluation of Short

Skyvan Series 3M Aircraft for Paracargo and Smokejumping Mar 1972 21 Summary Smokejumper Injuries & Parachute Malfunctions

Calendar Year 1974 1974 22 Summary Smokejumper Injuries & Parachute Malfunctions

Calendar Year 1975 1975 23 Packing Instructions Model NB-6 & NB-8 Parachutes Jan 1975 24 Packing Instructions Model FS-5A Parachute Jan 1975 25 Packing Instructions Model FS-10 Parachute Jan 1975 26 Packing Instructions Model FS-10R Parachute Jan 1975 27 Pamphlet History of Smokejumping Apr 1976

28 Project Record ED&T 2659 Static-Line Anchor Cable Loads and Design Criteria, Static-Line Load Requirements for Anchor Cables Jan 1977

29 Memo Report, Smokejumper Parachute Development Dec 1977 30 ED&T 2545 Steerable Parachute Evaluation XP-5 Phase I

Evaluation 6 Jul 1978 Defense Documentation Center 31 Parachute Technology, A Report Bibliography Prepared by DDC Jan 1964 U.S. Works Progress Administration 32 Bibliography of Aeronautics, Part 48 Parachutes 1938 U.S. Department of Commerce 33 Research Paper 261, A Portable Instrument for Measuring Air

Permeability of Fabrics Jan 1931 34 Research Paper RP1710, Dynamic Tensile Tests of Parachute Webbing Apr 1946 35 Research Reports and Notes Impact, Loading, and Dynamic Tests 1933-1961

Subseries IIC: U.S. Air Force Organizations Box File Description Date U.S. Army Air Service 24 1 Review of Airplane Parachute Situation 4 Nov 1918

2 Report VIII, Airplane Parachute Progress Results of Parachute Conference Held at the French Section Technique, Paris 29 Nov 1918

3 Report to the Interallied Commission on Airplane Parachutes 30 Nov 1918 4 Specification 40,009, Specification for Airplane Parachutes, Type A 9 May 1919 5 Technical Orders No. 8 (Extract), Pgs 5, 68-73, McCook Field Sep 1919 6 Technical Orders No. 10 (Extract), Pgs 5, 65-66, McCook Field Nov 1919

7 McCook Field Report 1153, Parachute Tests (Air Service Information Circular Heavier Than Air) 25 Mar 1920

8 McCook Field Report 1613, Parachute Tests Mar 1921 9 Air Service Technical Orders 22 (Extract), Pg. 35 Feb 1922 10 Air Service Technical Orders 27 (Extract), Pgs. 19, 20, 42 Jul 1922 11 Engineering Division Air Service Parachute Manual (Extract), Pgs 9-13 Oct 1923 U.S. Army Air Corps 12 Pamphlet U.S. Army Air Corps 1928-1940 1940

13 Miscellaneous Report 330, Report on Inspection and Test of Russell Lobe Parachutes 23 Nov 1927

14 Miscellaneous Report 332, Report on Standard Service Parachutes Built by Russell Parachute Company 23 Nov 1927

15 Technical Report 3049, Deceleration of a Mans Body from a High Initial Velocity to its Terminal Velocity 2 Apr 1929

16 Engineering Section Memorandum Report on Triangle Parachutes 23 Jun 1932 Army Air Forces West Coast Training Center, Sana Ana, CA 17 Simulated Parachute Jump Rigging (6 Photos) 1942 Air Technical Service Command 18 TSFLA-501-40A, Memorandum Report on Hart Type Parachute 5 Oct 1944 19 TSELA5B-696-66A, Memorandum Report on an Aneroid

Activated Parachute Opening Device 25 Oct 1944 20 TSEAL3-696-69C, Memorandum Report on Exertion Required for

Personnel in Opening Type B-8 Back Pack Parachute 2 May 1945 21 TSEAL3-696-66G, Memorandum Report on Comparison of

Shock Force of Opening of 24 and 28-Foot Nylon Parachutes at Various Altitudes 22 May 1945

22 TSEAL3-696-66H, Memorandum Report on Descent Times of 200-Pound Dummies With 28-Foot Silk, 28-Foot Nylon and 24-Foot Nylon Parachutes 30 May 1945

23 TSEAL-5H-6-284, Memorandum Report on Forestry Parachute Equipment 23 Jun 1945

Box File Description Date 24 24 Forestry Parachute Equipment, Part II Alverson Report,

Appendix V (12 Photographs) 23 Jun 1945 25 Forestry Parachute Equipment, Part III Alverson Report,

Appendix V (12 Photographs) 23 Jun 1945 26 Forestry Parachute Equipment, Part IV Alverson Report,

Appendix VI (12 Photographs) 30 Jun 1945 27 Forestry Parachute Equipment, Part V Colonel Haskins Letter 6 Aug 1945 28 TSEAL3-697-29, Memorandum Report on Parachutes and Parachute

Training in Heavy Bombardment Crews 30 Jun 1945 29 TSEAL5G-8-364, Memorandum Report on Bridle Cords for Pilot

Parachutes 28 Aug 1945 30 TSEAL5G-8-362, Memorandum Report on Parachutes with

Extended Risers 17 Sep 1945 31 TSEAL5G-10-384, Memorandum Report on Parachute Canopy

Damage 23 Oct 1945 32 TSEAL2-696-4-1, Memorandum Report on Effects of Parachute

Dummy Interference on the Accuracy of an Aneroid-Activated Parachute Opening Device 21 Nov 1945

33 TSEAM-M5262, Memorandum Report on Aging Characteristics of Parachute Materials 31 Dec 1946

34 TSEAP-10-3-556, Memorandum Report on Elastic Line Parachute 12 Mar 1947 35 TSEPE 672-22, Memorandum Report on Notes on Deceleration at

Bail-Out of Aircraft 10 Apr 1947 36 TSEPE-672-6, Memorandum Report on Free Fall and Controlled

Fall Tower Parachutes, and Troop Parachute Equipment 19 May 1947 37 TSEPE-672-8, Memorandum Report on Glider Troop Restraint

Safety Harness 3 Jul 1947 38 TSEPE-672-19V, Memorandum Report on Parachute, Personnel,

Experimental Design for High Speed Bail-Out, Test of 6 Nov 1947 39 TSEPE-672-25A, Memorandum Report on 2,000 Pound General

Purpose Bomb, Guide Surface Parachute, Stabilization of (Interim Report) 15 Jan 1948

40 MCREXE-672-19EE, Memorandum Report on Canopy, Parachute, Experimental, Pseudo-Ribbon, Tests of 6 Feb 1948

41 MCREXE-672-2A, Memorandum Report on Porosity, Effect of, on Parachute Opening 31 Dec 1948

42 MCREXE-672-19SS, Memorandum Report on Control; Canopy Deployment, Personnel Parachutes, Test of 14 Jan 1949 Air Service Command, Patterson Field, Ohio

25 1 Special Study No. 2, List of Russian Material on Parachutes (Preliminary) Jun 1943 2 Translation No. 7, Dynamics of Parachute Jumps by R.A. Stasevich Oct 1943

Box File Description Date 25 3 Translation No. 8, Calculation of Parachute Jump Performance by R. A. Stasevich and D. Kogan Nov 1943 4 Translation No. 9, Calculation of Delayed Opening Parachute

Jump Performance by R.A. Stasevich Nov 1943 5 Translation No. 10, Stabilization of Fall in Delayed Opening

Parachute Jumps by G. Kotelnikov Nov 1943 6 Translation No. 11, Parachute Inflation Loads at High Altitudes by

R.A. Stasevich Nov 1943 7 Translation No. 12, Automatic Opening Devices for Parachutes by

G. Malinovskii Dec 1943 8 Translation No. 11, Use of Parachutes in the Wars in Spain, China

And Ethiopia by P.P. Panov Dec 1943 Air Technical Intelligence Group, Advanced Echelon,

Far East Air Forces, Tokyo, Japan 9 Report 220, Parachutes of the Japanese Army and Navy Air Forces 19 Dec 1945 Air Material Command, Wright Field, Ohio 10 TSEAL5G-10-388, Memorandum Report on Triangle Parachutes 18 Oct 1945 11 TSEAP-7-7-455, Memorandum Report on Elastics, Parachute Pack

Opening (Spring Type) 19 Jul 1946 12 TSEAP-7B-1-528, Memorandum Report on Belt Assembly Shoulder

Harness Pilot Ejection Seat 16 Jan 1947 13 TSEPE-672-1, Memorandum Report on Elastic Line Parachute 7 Apr 1947 14 TSEAC14-672-3-1, Memorandum Report on Parachute Inflation

Tests in the 12-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel 9 Apr 1947 15 TSEPE-672-22A, Memorandum Report on Low Temperature Tests

Of Explosive Bellows 26 Jun 1947 16 TSEPE-672-10, Memorandum Report on Aerial Delivery of Jeep and

105 Howitzer from C-82 Cargo Typo Aircraft 14 Jul 1947 17 TSEPE-672-19N, Memorandum Report on Parachute, Irving Block

Type Canopy 15 Sep 1947 18 TSEPE-672-6A, Memorandum Report on Improved Troop Type

Parachute, (Siamese Pack), Test of 12 Oct 1947 19 TSEPE-672-25D, Memorandum Report on Reefing Methods, Parachute 28 Oct 1947 20 TSEPE-672-10A, Memorandum Report on Aerial Delivery of Ton

Truck (Jeep) and 105 MM Howitzer, Demonstration of, at Fort Bragg, NC 31 Oct 1947

21 TSEPE-672-1C, Memorandum Report on Stabilization Band Parachute Canopy, Test of 5 Nov 1947

22 MCREXE-6R-23, Memorandum Report on Reefing, Parachute Suspension Line, Tests of 16 Jan 1948

23 MCREXE-341-51, Memorandum Report on Control, Deployment, Canopy, Parachute 16 Jan 1948

Box File Description Date 25 24 MCREXE-672-1E, Memorandum Report on Parachute, Hart Type,

Service Test of 21 Jan 1948 25 MCREXE-672-25F, Memorandum Report on Parachutes, Guide Surface 10 Feb 1948 26 MCREXE-341-57, Memorandum Report on Parachute, Non-

Oscillating, Stanley B. Wilson 16 Feb 1948 27 MCREXE-672-3, Memorandum Report on Disconnector, Parachute-

Cargo, Automatic, Gravity Type, Tests of 3 Mar 1948 28 MCREXE-672-9, Memorandum Report on Device, Parachute

Disreefing, Army Ordnance Department, Type T-113, Acceptance Tests of 8 Mar 1948

29 MCREXE-341-74, Memorandum Report on Parachute with Variable Surface, Test of 14 May 1948

26 1 MCREXE-672-22D, Memorandum Report on Device, Explosive Bellows Opening and Bellows, inch Explosive, Tests of 28 May 1948 2 MCREXE-672-4B, Memorandum Report on Harness, Parachute, Quick Adjustable, Navy Type 8 Jun 1948 3 MCREXM-M5339 Add VIII, Memorandum Report on Effect of

Varying Pick Account on a Two Inch Nylon Ribbon 20 Jul 1948 4 MCREXE-672-19LL, Memorandum Report on FIST Type

Parachute, Design, Use, and Construction of 30 Jun 1948 5 MCREXE-672-22I, Memorandum Report on Container, Automatic

Drag Parachute for Ejection Seat, Test of 12 Jul 1948 6 MCREXE-672-22F, Memorandum Report on Accessories; Pilot

Ejection Seat, Tests of 16 Jul 1948 7 MCREXE-672-5E, Memorandum Report on Parachute, Extended

Skirt, Test of 11 Aug 1948 8 MCREXE-672-5D, Memorandum Report on Parachute,

Stabilization Band, Test of 11 Aug 1948 9 MCREXE-672-22K, Memorandum Report on Parachute, Guide Surface, 40 Diameter, Ejection Seat Stabilization, Tests of 3 Sep 1948 10 MCREXE-672-7E, Memorandum Report on Device, Automatic,

Parachute Opening, Tests of 12 Oct 1948 11 Design Drawings of Parachute, Type Ribless Guide Surface 1948-1955

12 MCREXE-672-24A, Memorandum Report on Rotorchute, Aerial Delivery, Phase I Development 4 Jan 1949

13 MCREXE-672-19RR, Memorandum Report on Parachute, Russian, Test of 10 Jan 1949

14 MCREXE-672-21-D, Memorandum Report on Actuator, Release, Stabilization Parachute, Ejection Seat (Mechanical Timer, to 3.0 Seconds) 27 Jan 1949

15 MCREXE-672-4F, Memorandum Report on Device, Canopy Release Personnel Parachute, Johnston Type M-20B, Test of 28 Jan 1949

Box File Description Date 26 16 MCREXE-672-25-R, Memorandum Report on Baseball Parachute,

50 Ft. Diameter, Performance Tests of 3 Aug 1949 17 MCREXE-672-7-G, Memorandum Report on Device, Opening,

Parachute, Automatic, Timer Controlled, Test of 28 Jan 1949 18 MCREXE-672-22T, Memorandum Report on Device; Opening,

Explosive Bellows and Bellows, Inch Explosive, Test of 11 Feb 1949 19 MCREXE-672-32, Memorandum Report on Snap, Static Line,

Parachute, Experimental, Test of 15 Feb 1949 20 MCREXE-672-31, Memorandum Report on Container, Side

Opening, Aerial Delivery 18 Feb 1949 21 MCREXE-672-17, Memorandum Report on Connector Link,

Parachute, Detachable Type, Test of 22 Mar 1949 22 MCREXE-672-9D, Memorandum Report on T-113 Cartridge,

Cutter, Reefing Line 31 Mar 1949 23 MCREXE-672-5-K, Memorandum Report on Canopy, Extended

Skirt, Type XT-9, Parachute, Tests of 15 Apr 1949 24 MCREXE-672-23-K, Memorandum Report on British Airborne and

Parachute Activities, Report of TDY Investigation Regarding 24 Jun 1949 25 MCREXE-672-23-L, Memorandum Report on Deployment Bags,

Parachute, General Development of 16 Sep 1949 26 Technical Report F-TR-2222-IA, Technical Analysis of Foreign

Personal Equipment Oct 1949 27 MCREXE-672-5-L, Memorandum Report on Suspension Line,

Anchorage, Parachute 10 Oct 1949 28 MCREXE-672-10G, Memorandum Report on Aerial Delivery of

Ton Truck and 105mm Howitzer, Engineering Modifications of 30 Dec 1949 29 MCREXE-672-14-E, Memorandum Report on Parachute

Suspension Lines, Catenary Systems and Method of Attachment of Attachment to Parachute Skirt 1 Mar 1950

30 MCREXE-672-35-A, Memorandum Report on Low Bulk, Stable, Cargo Parachute Canopy, Design No. 1 Performance Tests of 1 Mar 1950

31 MCREXE-672-10-I, Memorandum Report on Sail, Damping, Parachute, Analysis of 15 Mar 1950

32 MCREXE-672-10-J, Memorandum Report on Disconnect, Cargo, Automatic, Parachutes, Engineering Data and Test Results of Ten Experimental Types 20 Mar 1950

33 MCREXE-672-4-I, Memorandum Report on Release Device, Personal Parachute Canopy, Type B-1, Tests of 17 Apr 1950

34 MCREXE-672-7-J, Memorandum Report on Opening Device, Automatic Parachute, Timer Controlled, Final Tests of 9 Jun 1950

35 MCREXE-672-4-J, Memorandum Report on Harness-Parachute, Light Weight, with Canopy Releases, Test of 17 Jul 1950

Box File Description Date 27 1 MCREXE-672-7-K, Memorandum Report on Device, Opening, Automatic, Parachute, Tests of 4 Aug 1950 2 MCREXE-672-7-L, Memorandum Report on Release; Parachute

Ripcord, Automatic, Type F-1, Schwien Engineering Company Qualification Tests on 21 Aug 1950

3 MCREXE-672-5-M, Memorandum Report on Parachute, Ribbon, Wako Type 14 Sep 1950

4 MCREXE-672-19-DDD, Memorandum Report on Adapter Riser, Chest Style Jettisonable Canopy Parachute, Test of 14 Sep 1950

5 Technical Report 5894, Textiles: Accelerated Weathering versus Outdoor Exposure Tests Oct 1950

6 MCREXE-672-40-A, Memorandum Report on Development and Test of 6000 Pound Load Bearing Platform 6 Oct 1950

7 MCREXE-672-40-B, Memorandum Report on Damage in Parachute Cl