Lot 259
Aviation Parachute Model (1/12 scale, about 16x8") This handmade ribbon-type parachute has about 15 horizontal bands and was designed as a type of drogue chute that wou;d have been used to slow down airplanes upon landing. It has a closed center. Its design is a variation on ring-slot personnel parachute. (Hulsizer #177.2).
Estimated Value $350 - 500.
Ex. the Red Hulsizer collection of Experimental, prototype parachutes.
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