Lot 276
Aviation Parachute Model (1/12 scale, about 22x12") This handmade white parachute model is a type of guide-surface parachute. a version of it is pictured in THE ART OF DRAG: A HISTORY OF AIR FORCE PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (p. 43). These chutes were tested in the mid-1940s. Note the openings in the middle of each pocket of the chute. (Hulsizer #177.20).
Estimated Value $350 - 500.
Ex. the Red Hulsizer collection of Experimental, prototype parachutes.
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