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Source
National Archives and Records Administration (RG 95-GP-4911, Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History).
Document Type
Article
Creation Date
1939
Date Information
1939
Imaging Information
The photograph was scanned at the National Archives branch in College Park, Maryland.
Description
A jumper demonstrates jump position on a parked Stinson Reliant aircraft. He is wearing a full suit and parachutes. His hand holds the strut of the aircraft. He is wearing a [[[prototype???]]] one-piece jump suit with a high collar. This is part of smokejumping experiments in Winthrop, Washington in 1939.
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No known restrictions.
Keywords
Stinson Aircraft Corporation Reliant; smokejumping exit technique; jump position; original smokejumper jump suit
