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Anyone with their head in the clouds have any opinions on this chute?

 

I can find no markings and it's still packed so I'm not comfortable digging into it too deep to see if theres any markings inside...

 

thanks!

 

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Looks like inside item is cotton?.

 

....I would open it up...as it is already open...

Maybe for a delivery system?

 

canopy is not silk for sure....

 

cracked it open a bit more.....on the canopy I found "X-2 MFG June 1 1944 BIRDMAN"

 

which leads me to this.....which is interesting, maybe he was going for a mil contract.

 

https://www.google.ch/patents/US2429385

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wonder if he was a Jr...

 

the hooks made me think chest chute, but the center line made me think of a cargo load..similar to the WWII A-5 delivery system...hooks might have been a quicker way of attaching the container to the cargo bag...the A-5 was strap heavy

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