The Silken Canopy : A History of the Parachute

Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife, 1997. First Thus. Hardcover. First printing of the revised edition. Hardcover, 173 pps. with index, bibliography. Illustrated with photos. Complete history of the parachute beginning with Leonardo DaVinci's early drawings, through the adventurist Victorian and Edwardian eras and concluding with a look at the device used on the Saturn probe. Fine in fine dust jacket. / Yes. Item #E1185
ISBN: 1853108553

Price: $13.95

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