This video takes a closer look at the British X-Type parachute used by British and Canadian airborne forces during World War II. It explains how the parachute was designed, how it deployed differently ...
A rare World War II wedding dress is on display at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City. The dress, made from a parachute, will be able to be viewed by the public from Feb 14-22. The daughter ...
A wedding dress made from a WWII parachute with quite a story behind it is now on display at a museum on Long Island. The rare World War II era dress, stitched from the fabric of a pilot's parachute, ...
Parachute manufacturing helped revive Lowell’s economy in the 1940s. Many obituaries mention that the deceased had done such work, highlighting the lasting importance of that experience in the lives ...