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  • The big umbrella: the history of the parachute from Da Vinci to Apollo; with a foreword by Douglas Bader.

    • Text
    • London, Elm Tree Books Ltd, 1973.
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JSD 73-1257Offsite
  • Two-day Symposium on Parachutes and Related Technologies, 15th/16th September 1971; proceedings.

    • Text
    • [London, Royal Acronautical Society, 1972?]
    • 1972
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JSG 73-33Offsite
  • Aircrew survival equipmentman (PR) 3 & 2 and Aircrew survival equipmentman (PR) 1 & C; supplement.

    • Text
    • Washington, [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1967.
    • 1967
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JSF 73-1218Offsite
  • The parachute manual : a technical treatise on the parachute / by Dan Poynter. 2d ed., completely rev.

    • Text
    • Santa Barbara, CA : Parachuting Publications, 1977.
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JSF 78-1048Offsite
  • New world a-coming. 23. November 26, 1944. (Radio program) (Audiotape).

    • Audio
    • New York, WMCA, 1944.
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio Sc Audio C-304 [Side 1, no. 1]Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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  • Recovery system design guide / Irvin Industries Inc., California Division ; E. G. Ewing, H. W. Bixby, T. W. Knacke.

    • Text
    • Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : [Dept. of Defense], Dept. of the Air Force, Systems Command, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, 1978 i.e. 1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JSF 83-681Offsite
  • A collection of technical papers : AIAA 9th Aerodynamic Decelerator & Balloon Technology Conference, October 7-9, 1986, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    • Text
    • New York, NY : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, [1986?]
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JSF 88-1088Offsite
  • Gleb Evgenʹevich Kotelʹnikov, 1872-1944 / G.T. Chernenko ; otvetstvennyĭ redaktor A.P. Melʹnikov.

    • Text
    • Leningrad : "Nauka", Leningradskoe otd-nie, 1988.
    • 1988
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *QEB 89-4942Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Sicherheit und Rettung in der Luftfahrt / Siegfried Ruff, Martin Ruck, Gerhard Sedlmayr, unter Mitarbeit von Herbert Just und Egbert Schmitz.

    • Text
    • Koblenz : Bernard & Graefe, c1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JSK 81-78 Bd. 13Offsite
  • Galileo probe parachute test program : wake properties of the Galileo probe at Mach numbers from 0.25 to 0.95 / Thomas N. Canning, Thomas M. Edwards.

    • Text
    • Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1988.
    • 1988
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JSF 94-727Offsite
  • Nine lives; the story of the parachutist John Tranum as written by himself.

    • Text
    • London, J. Hamilton ltd. [1933]
    • 1933
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text AN (Tranum) (Tranum, J. Nine lives)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Parachutage imaginaire de Sébastien Lenormand (1783) Introd. de Jules Duhem.

    • Text
    • Montpellier, Chez l'auteur, 1955.
    • 1955
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text D-11 3678 no. 1-5Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Der fallschirm, seine geschichtliche entwicklung und sein technisches problem, von Gustav Falkenberg [pseud.] Mit 83 abbildungen in text.

    • Text
    • Berlin, New York, R. C. Schmidt & co., E. Steiger & co.; [etc., etc.] 1912.
    • 1912
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf, A. V. von. Fallschirm)Offsite
  • Parachutes. With a foreword by W.J. Duncan.

    • Text
    • London, Pitman [1951]
    • 1951
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDW (Brown, W. D. Parachutes)Offsite
  • Rip cord; thrills with parachutes, by Lloyd Graham.

    • Text
    • Buffalo, N.Y., Printed by Foster & Stewart publishing co. [c1936]
    • 1936
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Graham, L. Rip cord)Offsite
  • Parachutes in peace and war / by A. M. Low.

    • Text
    • London : John Gifford, 1942.
    • 1942
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Low, A. M. Parachutes in peace and war)Offsite
  • Hals über Kopf; Geschichten vom Fallschirm und was man davon wissen muss. Mit 29 Abbildungen.

    • Text
    • Stuttgart, Franckh [c1936]
    • 1936
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Beltzig, E. K. Hals uber Kopf)Offsite
  • Parachute technician, by Charles A. Zweng ...

    • Text
    • N. Hollywood, Calif., Pan American Navigation Service [1944]
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDW (Zweng, C. A. Parachute technician)Offsite
  • Parachute, by Charles J. V. Murphy.

    • Text
    • New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1930.
    • 1930
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Murphy, C. J. V. Parachute)Offsite
  • Parachutes, aircraft fabrics, and clothing, prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air corps.

    • Text
    • [Washington, U.S. Govt. print. off., 1941]
    • 1941
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (United States. War Department. Parachutes, aircraft fabrics, and clothing) TM [no. 1-440] (Jan. 20, 1941)Offsite
  • Parachute manual / by command of the Air Council, Air Ministry.

    • Text
    • London : H.M.S.O., 1931.
    • 1931
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Great Britain. Air Ministry. Parachute manual) (Incl.:Amendments lists (1933))Offsite
  • Machinae novae Favsti Verantii siceni. Cvm declaratione latina, italica, hispanica, gallica, et germanica.

    • Text
    • Venetiis [ca.1595] Cvm privilegiis.
    • 1595
    • 1 Item

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    Text Parsons *KB+ 1595 (Veranzio, F. Machin nov Favsti Verantii siceni)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Parachutes [by] Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, Joe Crane [and] Glenn H. Smith.

    • Text
    • New York, National Aeronautics Council, inc., 1942.
    • 1942
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDYD (Fechet, J. E. Parachutes)Offsite
  • Soldaten fallen vom Himmel [von] Walter Gericke ... Mit 109 Abbildungen.

    • Text
    • Berlin, Schützen-Verlag [1940]
    • 1940
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDYD (Gericke, W. Soldaten fallen vom himmel)Offsite
  • Guide pratique du parachutiste.

    • Text
    • Paris, Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie., 1966.
    • 1966
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Potel, G. Guide pratique du parachutiste)Offsite
  • Le cerf-volant de sauvetage; historique, construction, fonctionnement.

    • Text
    • Paris, Librairie aéronautique [1910]
    • 1910
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Poujoula, R. Cerf-volant de sauvetage)Offsite
  • Parachutes for airmen, by Charles Dixon.

    • Text
    • London, New York [etc.] Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd., 1930.
    • 1930
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Dixon, C. Parachutes for airmen)Offsite
  • Parachuting, by Charles Dixon.

    • Text
    • London, S. Low, Marston & co., ltd. [1930]
    • 1930
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Dixon, C. Parachuting)Offsite
  • Meet the parachute [by] O.J. Mink, manager, Parachute Division, Reliance Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Ill.

    • Text
    • [Chicago, c1944]
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Reliance manufacturing company. Meet the parachute)Offsite
  • Parachutes, by Herbert S. Zim, illustrated with drawings by James MacDonald and with photographs.

    • Text
    • New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company [1942]
    • 1942
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDYD (Zim, H. S. Parachutes)Offsite
  • Parachutes; development, use, maintenance. [by] J. Floyd Smith.

    • Text
    • [Manchester, Conn.] J. F. Smith, 1942.
    • 1942
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY (Smith, J. F. Parachutes)Offsite
  • Coups d'ailes de l'oiseau à l'avion. Préface de m. Laurent Eynac, ministre de l'air.

    • Text
    • Saint-Étienne, Imprimerie industrielle, 1930.
    • 1930
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDT (Diard, E. Coups d'ailes de l'oiseau a l'avion)Offsite
  • Modèles d'appareils d'aviation de l'antiquité à nos jours.

    • Text
    • Paris, Librairie des sciences aéronautiques, 1910.
    • 1910
    • 1 Item

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    Text VDT (Librairie des sciences aeronautiques, Paris. Modeles d'appareils d'aviation de l'antiquite a nos jours)Offsite
  • Parachutes, a handbook for students, pilots and technicians.

    • Text
    • Penn Yan, N.Y., Mimeoprinted by C. L. Wheeler, c1944.
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VBA p.v. 888 no. 1-8Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Le parachute.

    • Text
    • Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1959.
    • 1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VBA p.v. 2056 no. 1-7Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Der Fallschirm als Rettungsmittel, zum Lastenabwurf und seine Verwendung als Flugzeugsicherung, von Hans Steiner, mit 57 abbildungen.

    • Text
    • Berlin, R.C. Schmidt & co., 1931.
    • 1931
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY p.v. 52 no. 1-8Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Sicherheit in der Luft : Bemühungen um das absturzsichere Flugzeug / von C. Walther Vogelsang.

    • Text
    • Berlin : R.C. Schmidt, 1938.
    • 1938
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY p.v. 69 no. 1-5Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Parachute manual for balloons ...

    • Text
    • Washington, Gov't Print. Off., 1919.
    • 1919
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY p.v. 24 no. 1-11Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Fallschirmtruppen und Luftinfanterie, von major (e) Schüttel; mit 11 Abbildungen auf Tafeln.

    • Text
    • Berlin, E. S. Mittler & sohn, 1938.
    • 1938
  • Descrizione ed istruzioni per l'impiego del paracadute "Salvator D."

    • Text
    • Roma, Tipografia della Camera dei deputati, 1929.
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VBA p.v. 226 no. 1-4Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Kamerad Fallschirm; ein Leitfaden für jeden, der mit Fallschirmen zu tun hat, von Major Herbert Gratzy.

    • Text
    • Wien [etc.] C. Gerold's Sohn, 1937.
    • 1937
    • 1 Item
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    Text VBA p.v. 359 no. 1-5Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Irvin air chutes; safety parachutes for aeroplanes, balloons, dirigibles; the standard equipment for United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, British Air Ministry, many other governments, and numerous commercial companies throughout the world. Manufactured by Irving Air Chute Co., Inc. ...

    • Text
    • Buffalo, N.Y. [Airport Publishers, 1933?]
    • 1933
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VDY p.v. 56 no. 1-8Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Parachutes over Britain [microform] By John Langdon-Davies.

    • Text
    • London, Pub. for "Moment" by Pilot Press Ltd. [1940]
    • 1940
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *Z BZAC p.v. 30-35 r. 5Offsite
  • Parachutes [microform] By F.O. Soden.

    • Text
    • London, Royal aeronautical society, 1927.
    • 1927
  • Abenteuer zwischen Himmel und Erde, ein Buch von 200 Fallschirmabsprungen und Sportfliegerei.

    • Text
    • Berlin, E.S. Mittler, 1939.
    • 1939
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VBA p.v. 490 no. 1-4Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Unit and intermediate direct support (DS) maintenance manual (including repair parts and special tools list) for parachute, cargo type, 64-foot diameter, model G-12D, NSN 1670-00-893-2371 and model G-12E, NSN 1670-01-065-3755 [microform]

    • Text
    • [Washington, DC] : Headquarters, Departments of the Army, Air Force, and Navy, [1993]
    • 1993
  • Unit and intermediate direct support (DS) maintenance manual (including repair parts and special tools list) for parachute, personnel type, 35-foot diameter, T-10C, troop back parachute assembly, NSN 1670-01-248-9502 [microform]

    • Text
    • [Washington, D.C.] : Headquarters, Departments of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, [1993]
    • 1993
  • Space shuttle solid rocket booster main parachute damage reduction team report [microform] / G. Watts.

    • Text
    • [Washington, DC] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program ; [Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service, distributor], 1993.
    • 1993
  • Operator's and organizational maintenance manual including repair parts and special tools list for high altitude airdrop resupply system, 2,000 pound capacity [microform].

    • Text
    • [Washington, D.C.] : Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, [1993]
    • 1993

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