B52 Posted March 23, 2011 Share #1 Posted March 23, 2011 Hi, I just found this afternoon this parachute for USAF pilots in a little store in Paris. I didn't manage to identify the pattern : could someone help me ? Best regards, B52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B52 Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share #2 Posted March 28, 2011 Other pics : Help ! :crying: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted March 29, 2011 Share #3 Posted March 29, 2011 try to ask forum member Bebel regards, JK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted March 29, 2011 Share #4 Posted March 29, 2011 That's only the second 1950s chute I've seen. The other one hangs in my basement, last date on it is 1956. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtbrown Posted March 29, 2011 Share #5 Posted March 29, 2011 If anyone has a copy of Poynter's "The Parachute Book" handy, they can ID the chute from the numbers on the harness, pack, etc. Unfortunately, I am in N Carolina and my copy is home in Ohio. If you don't get an answer in a few weeks, send me a PM. I'll be home by then. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B52 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share #6 Posted March 29, 2011 Hi everybody, Thanks for your answers. Regards, B52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtbrown Posted March 30, 2011 Share #7 Posted March 30, 2011 B52, I went back and looked at your photos and all the information available on the chute is right there on that paper tag. It is a Model 50C7025-11 (Pattern of 1950) seat pack chute with a 28 foot canopy, manufactured by Atlantic in May of 1953 and last inspected in May of 1954. If you are hoping to find out what aircraft it might have been used in, it could be anything from trainers to transports to bombers to piston fighters and, perhaps, even a few of the earliest jet fighters. No way of telling. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B52 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share #8 Posted March 30, 2011 Hi Tom, Niiiice ! Thanks a lot for your help ! A display is on the road ! Regards, B52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin45 Posted March 31, 2011 Share #9 Posted March 31, 2011 If anyone has a copy of Poynter's "The Parachute Book" handy, they can ID the chute from the numbers on the harness, pack, etc. Unfortunately, I am in N Carolina and my copy is home in Ohio. If you don't get an answer in a few weeks, send me a PM. I'll be home by then. Tom The 1991 edition of this indispensable reference is (mostly) available on Google Books! :thumbsup: The parachute manual: a technical treatise on aerodynamic decelerators By Dan Poynter Jump to page 283 for the details of specific chute types. I could not find the 50C7025-11 but it may be on one of the unavailable pages. http://books.google.com/books?id=BKTuTXrXQ...p;q&f=false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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