SOME PARACHUTE REPORTS: PART ONE OF THREE

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SELECTED PARACHUTE REPORTS
PART ONE OF THREE: DTIC PARACHUTE REPORTS
By Michael Ravnitzky, [email protected]

Here are some selected parachute-related reports from the last ten years. It is only a small selection taken from a much larger list. Following that are some older reports that were not public but which have recently become available.

To get a copy of any of these reports, just send a letter to:

Defense Technical Information Center
Attn: DTIC-RSM
[Kelly D. Akers, FOIA Manager]
8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 0944
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6128

In your letter, you should say that you agree you will pay up to some amount (for example "up to $30 for costs associated with the request". They will eventually tell you if it will cost more, or less, than that amount and you can decide if you wish to continue. Don’t send any payment with your request. In your request tell them whether you work for a company, or if you are asking as a private individual, or a student or instructor at a school. If you are a private individual or connected with a school and you are asking for only one or two reports, there probably won’t be any charge. DTIC supplies reports in paper form or microfische form; microfische will be less expensive.

Some of the older reports are marked as "secret" or "confidential". For these reports, your letter can ask the office to review them to see if they can now be released.

If you have any questions, you can drop me a note.

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AD B291220, Low Velocity Airdrop of the IC45 Crawler Carrier, Gaylin Jesmer, July 2003, 22 pp., Fort Bragg.

AD B291143, Deployable Rigid Parawings for High-Altitude Aerial Delivery, Final Report, J. Carter, July 2003, 45 pp., Foster-Miller Inc.

AD B291138, Modeling and Simulation of A Smart Projectile Equipped with a Controllable Parafoil, Final Report, Nathan Slegers, Mark Costello, October 2002, 69 pp., Oregon State University.

AD B290438, Tactical Insertion mission Planning and Rehearsal Simulation (TIMPARS), Final Technical Report, Cecy A. Pelz, Noah S. Brickman, Bimal L. Aponso, Chi Ying Liang, Jeffrey R. Hogue, August 2002, 46 pp., Systems Technology Inc.

AD B290324, Military Freefall Parachute Development Test and Evaluation, Final Report, Miguel A Lopez, July 2003, 67 pp., Air Force Flight Test Center

AD B290229, U-2 [Ejection] Seat Kit Airworthiness Qualification Test and Evaluation, Final Report, Dana J. Fewtrell, June 2003, 10 pp.

AD B289937, Program Plan for Development of the Micro Air-Delivered Munition (MADM) System, Final Report, Lee A. Young and Peter Ciriscioli, Dec. 2002, 64 pp., Applied Research Associates Inc.

AD B289889, Process of Launching Rocket from Aircraft, Sosnin et. Al, (Russian Report Translation), Feb. 2001, 11 pp., National Air Intelligence Center

AD B289125, Free Drop Concepts for Aerial Delivery, Technical Report Phase 1, Charles G. Fitzgerald, Charles M. Warren, Charles V. Warren, Robert K. Brannum, Dropmaster Inc., Fayetteville, NC, March 2003, 39 pp.

AD B288705, Next Generation Air-Deployable Active Receiver (ADAR), Orincon Defense, San Diego, Cal., May 2003, 52 pp.

AD B287476, Wind-Profile Precision Aerial Delivery System (Windpads), Robert P. Wright, Sept 2001, 59 pp., Planning Systems, Inc, Reston, VA

AD B286784, Operational Utility Evaluation of the Lightweight Environmentally Sealed Parachute Assembly, Final Report, Todd A. McGee et al, February 2003, 31 pp., Flight Test Squadron 18th Flight Test Squadron Hurlburt Field, FL

AD B286096, Force Development Evaluation of the Wind Supported Aerial Delivery System, Final Report B.K. Mitchell, January 2003, 30 pp..

AD B285292, Dual Row Airdrop of the M1114 Utility Up Armored Carrier 4x4 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (Hum-vee), Tom Hammond, Nov. 2002, 22 pp.

AD B283434, Dual Row Airdrop System DRAS Event Design Plan, October 2000, 41 pp.

AD B283433, Dual Row Airdrop System DRAS Test Data Report, March 2002, 21 pp.

AD B283129, Modified Improved Reserve Parachute System (MIRPS) Soft Loop Center Pull (SLCP), Customer Test Report, October 2002, 19 pp., Army Test and Experimentation Command

AD B282694, Common Fuel Engines for Powered Parafoils and Other Airborne Systems, Final Report, Gregory S. Stevenson, Aaron C. Lubrano, Sept. 2002, 22 pp., GSE Inc., Incline Village, Nevada

AD B282370, SF10-A Parachute, Customer Test, Roger Pickett, August 2002, 19 pp., Army Test and Experimentation Command

AD B282367, C-17A Replacement Drogue parachute Video System Evaluation, M K Schultz, Jason D. Griego, July 2002, 40 pp., Air Force Flight Test Center

AD B281701, Development of a Six-Degree of Freedom Model for a Fully Deployed G-12 AGAS Delivery System, Master’s Thesis, Christopher D. Junge, Dec. 2001, 115 pp., Naval Postgraduate School

AD B281558, Low Cost Actuators For Precision Guided Parachute and Parafoil Systems, Final Report, Glen Brown and Brian Giles, July 2002, 49 pp., Vertigo, Inc., Lake Elsinore, CA

AD B281468, Validation of Draft Military Static Line, Military Free-Fall, and Container Delivery System Procedures for the AN-32B Aircraft Customer Test, John Hilbish, April 2002, 30 pp.

AD B280587, Parachute Automatic Activation Device AAD for Low Altitude Jumps, Final Report Phase 2, Nestor Voronka and Derek Johnson, June 2002, 133 pp., Cybernet Systems Corp., Ann Arbor MI

AD B279697, Validation of Draft Military Static Line and Military Free-Fall Procedures for the LET-410 Aircraft, Pete Morakon, Feb 2002, 33 pp.

AD B279668, Airdrop of Personnel with Ram Air Parachutes, Final Report, John C. Schnell, James B. Stewart, Sept 1998, 144 pp., Yuma Proving Ground

AD B279261, C-130J Aircraft Airdrop Qualification, Fred D. Robinson, Jr., Feb. 2002, 24 pp., Army Test and Evaluation Command

AD B279185, Bat Secondary parachute Vertical Wind Tunnel Test Report, Richard E. Kreeger, April 2002, 15 pp., Army Aviation and Missile Command

AD B278919, Modified Improved Reserve Parachute System (MIRPS) Cone-Lock Fix (Stiffener Plate and Soft-Loop Modifications), February 2001, 36 pp., Army Operational Test Command

AD B278503, Validation of Draft Military Static Line, Military Free-Fall and Container Delivery System Procedures for the AN-32B Aircraft Test Report, John Hilbish, April 2002, 31 pp., Army Operational Test Command

AD B278289, C-17A Aerial Delivery System ADS Improvements Evaluation, Final Technical Report, Alex Dyatt and Katherine M. Schultz, April 2002, 45 pp., Air Force Flight Test Center

AD B278158, System Evaluation Report for the C-17 Dual Row Airdrop System DRAS, March 2002, 36 pp., Army Evaluation Center

AD B277944, Autonomous GPS-Guided Aerial Resupply Systems: A Review of MCWL Limited Technical Assessments of Burro and GPADS, Brian McCue, December 2001, 31 pp., Marine Corps Warfighting Lab

AD B277750, C-17 Dual Row Airdrop System in Formation Force Development Evaluation, Thomas E. Chesley and Alton M. Phillips Jr., March 2002, 71 pp.

AD B277506, A/P22P-21 Crew Backpack Assembly Qualification Report for Use on the P-3 Aircraft, by Warren Ingram, November 2001, 139 pp., Naval Air Warfare Center

AD B277016, Untitled Collection of 28 Photographs of Airdrop Equipment, November 2001, 22 pp., National Ground Intelligence Center

AD B275067, T/AV-8B Escape System Improvement Program (TESIP), Foster H. Richards, October 2001, 74 pp., Naval Air Warfare Center

AD B275050, Qualification of the Drogue Deployment Gun for the Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seat, John M. Constantine, August 2001, 168 pp.

AD B274489, AGAS III – Alternate Methods of Heading Determination Study Report, Dec 2001, 22 pp., Vertigo, Inc.

AD B272893, AGAS III, Final Report, Glen Brown, Brian Gilles, Oct 2001, 34 pp., Vertigo, Inc.

AD B272681, Quick Look 2 of the Modified Improved Reserve Parachute System (MIRPS) Ripcord Grip Insert, Pete Morakon, Nora Campbell, June 2001, 53 pp., Army Operational Test Command

AD B272567, Quick Look 2 of the Modified Improved Reserve Parachute System (MIRPS) Ripcord Grip Insert, Pete Morakon, March 2001, 27 pp., Army Operational Test Command

AD B269029, Personnel Airdrop Optimization PAO Models for New Personnel Airdrop Platforms, Michael P. Prather, July 2001, 92 pp., Army Test and Evaluation Command

AD B268847, An Ultra-Wideband Antenna Built into a Parachute, Lanney Atchley and Everett Farr, July 2001, 33 pp., Farr Research

AD B268489, Hypercone – Inflatable Hypersonic Decelerator, Final Report, Glen Brown, May 2001, 72 pp., Vertigo, Inc.

AD B268488, Inertially Controlled Recovery System, Final Report Phase 1, Brook Norton, May 1998, 73 pp., Vertigo Inc.

AD B268451, Airbeam Reinforced Parafoil Concept Feasibility Evaluation, Final Report, Glen Brown, Thomas Price, August 1998, 57 pp., Vertigo Inc.

AD B267848, System Evaluation Report for the Cockpit Air Bag Systems, Ken Unruh et al, May 2001 71 pp., Army Test and Evaluation Command

AD B266326, High Altitude Payload Recovery Systems Prototype Testing, Final Report, Murl Richardson and Larry McNay, November 2000, 78 pp., Texsar (Co.)

AD B264421, Engineering Quick Look Test of the T-10 Parachute Harness With Revision C D-Rings, January 2001, 8 pp., Army Operational Test Command

AD M201477, SF10-A Parachute, Customer Test Report, by Roger Pickett (a CD-ROM), August 2002

AD M201378, MIRPS (Modified Improved Reserve Parachute System) Cone Lock Fix (CD-ROM), Roger Pickett, August 2001

AD M201281, Low Velocity Airdrop of the M1114 Up-Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), by Dean Horton, April 2001 (A CD-ROM)

AD M200510, Feasibility of 2 Universal Static Line Prototypes from C-130 and C-17 Aircraft, May 1998, TEXCOM (A CD-ROM)

AD C054809, Steerable Stores Bundle, Technical Investigation, by Q.L. Flowers, 38 pp., March 1994 (Australia), (guided steerable parachute for cargo)

SELECTED OLDER REPORTS OF INTEREST

AD E951848, Analysis of the Launch and Recovery of a Large Scale Winged Target, Final Technical Report, Andrew E. Conaway, May 1992, 26 pp., Nichols Research Corp.

AD C068511, Report of the 1957 Army Airborne Conference, November 1957, Continental Army Command, 258 pp., SECRET

AD C049813, Analysis of the Launch and Recovery of a Large Scale Winged Target, Final Technical Report, Andrew E. Conaway, May 1992, 25 pp., Army Missile Command, SECRET

AD C049252, Air Portablility of SASR Assault Delivery Vehicle (ADV) in C130 Aircraft, Sept 1989, 17 pp., CONFIDENTIAL

AD C048817, High Altitude Parachuting Ancillary Equipment Concept Evaluation, Sept 1991, 391 pp. (Australia)

AD C048794, High Altitude Parachuting Ancillary Equipment Concept Evaluation, Volume 2, August 1991, 105 pp. (Australia), CONFIDENTAIL

AD C047899, Radar Cross Sections of a Parachute and a Paratrooper, Final Report, by Norman D. Roberts and Sharyn Seasholtz, April 1991, 103 pp., Army Natick RD&E Center, SECRET

AD C047866, High Altitude Parachuting Ancillary Equipment Concept Evaluation, Volume 1, March 1991, 30 pp. (Australia)

AD C047399, Survivable Strategic Force Element Utility and Demonstration Plan, Final Report, John F. Kantak, David L. Heileman, John D. Nicolaides, May 1986, 88 pp., Vanguard Research Inc., SECRET (space reentry parachute)

AD C047360, Survivable Strategic Weaponry, Final Report, D. R. Schilling, April 1984, 121 pp., Lockheed, SECRET

AD B972862, Test of Camouflaged Parachutes, Final Report, Paul L. Hexter, March 1943, 12 pp.

AD B972667, Test of Plastic Link Chute Assembly, Final Report, June 1943, 10 pp.

AD B972647, Test of Camouflage Parachutes, Final Report, A.D. Judd, October 1942, 18 pp.

AD B972432, Suitability of B-24 Type Aircraft for Troop Carrier Operations, June 1944, 16 pp.

AD B972200, Parachute, Lightweight, Nylon, December 1943, 49 pp. (first nylon parachutes)

AD B972153, Parachute Harnesses, Types S-1 and S-3, June 1944, 27 pp.

AD B971964, H-2 Bail Out Assemblies Modified, Supplement, April 1944, 19 pp.

AD B971675, Parachute Quick Connector Seat Type, Final Report, Raymond E. Karcher and C.B. Overacker, April 1944, 26 pp.

AD B971588, Parachute Tower and Maintenance Shelter, September 1943, 20 pp.

AD B971376, The Influence of Porosity on Performance and Properties of Parachutes, H.D. Meszig, 1968, 19 pp. (Bangalore, India)

AD B969791, Fatigue Effects in Webbing Cord and Fabrics, J. D. Boone, July 1961, 33 pp., Joint Parachute Test Facility

AD B969523, Research and Development of Gliding Parachutes (Aerosail), Final Report, R.F. Kinzy, September 1963, 145 pp., Northrop Corp.

AD B69458, Cargo Handling and Aerial Delivery Systems Evaluation of the YC-15 Advanced Medium STOL Transport, Final Report, Marvin Schott and Robert Rorrison, Dec. 1977, 421 pp.

AD B870267, To Determine the Various Profile Areas of a Light, Medium and heavy Airman Clothed in Various Types of Naval Flight Equipment, Final Report, A.L. Hall, Feb. 1950, 62 pp.

AD B814911, Safety Limits for Bombers Dropping Parachute Bombs, Marston Morse, William Transve, Maurice H. Heins, June 1945, 13 pp., Office of the Chief of Ordnance

AD B814773, Aerial Bombs with Jettisonable Parachutes, 22 pp., 1945 (French)

AD B814554, Aerial Delivery of Jeep and Howitzer from C-82 Cargo Type Aircraft, by James L. Hight, July 1947, 58 pp.

AD B814401, Free-falls and Parachute Descents in the Standard Atmosphere, by A.P. Webster, June 1947, 34 pp.

AD B813851, Preliminary Design Notes for Missile Recovery, W. J. Hansen, November 1946, 51 pp., Boeing Company

AD B813633, A Cost Comparison of Three Methods of Air Delivery in the Assault Phase, Wilbur A. Taylor, July 1950, 27 pp., Operations Research Office

AD B813410, Pull Tests of Reefing-Ring Attachments, by Alfons Hegele, December 1951, 15 pp., Wright Air Development Center

AD B813367, Study of Aerial Delivery of Large Cargo Containers, January 1950, 27 pp., Douglas Aircraft Company

AD B813365, Parachute Jumping from the Stratosphere (Russian Report), by A. I. Khronushkin, 1944, 8 pp.

AD B811891, Experimental Evaluation of Explosive Parachute Load Retarding Systems, E.G. Ewing, September 1949, 105 pp., Radioplane Company (later Northrop)

AD B810561, Effect of Sea Water on Silk and Nylon Parachute Cloth, A. Mogul, June 1944, 29 pp., Naval Air Material Center

AD B810505, Investigations on the Strength of Impregnated Parachute Fabrics (might be in German), H. Lohmann, June 1937, 12 pp.

AD B810503, The Effects of Various Factors on Parachute Characteristics, T. F. Johns and E.I. Auterson, January 1944, 38 pp., Royal Aircraft Establishment

AD B810502, Porosity Research Program, Report on Preparation of Fabric and Porosity Tests Made on Completed Parachutes Before, During and After Drop Testing, H. J. Bickford, September 1947, 219 pp.

AD B810501, Technical Data on Paper Parachutes, Rudolf Neuhausser, November 1946, 41 pp. (Germany)

AD B808635, Parachute Handbook, Richard W. Barnes, April 1947, 147 pp., Air Material Command

AD B807833, Parachute Diameter – Determination of, H. F. Freeman, April 1950, 9 pp.

AD B807831, Wind Tunnel Investigation of Baseball Type Parachute Models, Paul R. Doty, Sept 1947, 7 pp.

AD B807380, Test of Improved Troop Type Parachute (Siamese Pack), R.P. Lamb, October 1947, 12 pp., Air Material Command (early test of tandem parachute system)

AD B807828, Controllable Descent Free-Fall Parachute (Scribner type), M.P. Learned, September 1944, 15 pp., Air Material Command

AD B807799, Braking Action and Stress of Parachutes, Herrmann, march 1939, Naval Gun Factory, 6 pp.

AD B807675, Parachutes with an Axial Cord as Well as Cords Over the Canopy, T.F. Johns, Feb. 1946, 26 pp., Royal Aircraft Establishment

AD B807198, Exercises Preceding Parachute Jumps, F. Gubin, March 1949, 5 pp. (might be from wartime Germany)

AD B807174, Physiopathological Effects of Parachuting, Husson, 1943, 12 pp., Air Material Command

AD B807173, High Altitude Bailouts, Appendixes I-III, by Vincent Mazza, R.W. Briggs, C.E. Carroll, Sept 1950, 43 pp., Air Material Command

AD B805566, The Emergency Parachute Jumper, R. R. Fitzgerald, November 1936, 16 pp., Air Material Command

AD B804373, Aerial Delivery of Supplies on Snow and Ice, July 1943, 46 pp., Air Proving Ground Center

AD B801792, Pilot Parachutes, Study of, J.A. Calhoon, March 1951, 30 pp.

AD B801689, High Visibility Parachute Canopies, R. L. Oakley, Sept 1952, 7 pp., Wright Air Development Center

AD B271908, Emergency Airborne Escape Summary: A Report of Ejections and Bailouts for Calendar Year 1966, 1966, 32 pp., Naval Safety Center

AD B271281, Wakes, Their Structure and Influence Upon Aerodynamic Decelerators, Igor M. Jaremenko, April 1967, 71 pp., NASA-CR-748, Goodyear Aerospace Corp.

AD B269386, Advanced Launch System ALS Recovery Operations Plans, March 1988, 33 pp., United Technologies Corp.

END OF PART ONE - SEE NEXT POSTING FOR PARTS TWO AND THREE

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HERE IS PART TWO:

SELECTED PARACHUTE REPORTS
PART TWO OF THREE: DTIC PARACHUTE REPORTS
By Michael Ravnitzky, [email protected]

Here are some selected parachute-related reports from the last ten years. It is only a small selection taken from a much larger list. Following that are some older reports that were not public but which have recently become available.

To get a copy of any of these reports, just send a letter to:

Defense Technical Information Center
Attn: DTIC-RSM
[Kelly D. Akers, FOIA Manager]
8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 0944
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6128

In your letter, you should say that you agree you will pay up to some amount (for example "up to $30 for costs associated with the request". They will eventually tell you if it will cost more, or less, than that amount and you can decide if you wish to continue. Don’t send any payment with your request. In your request tell them whether you work for a company, or if you are asking as a private individual, or a student or instructor at a school. If you are a private individual or connected with a school and you are asking for only one or two reports, there probably won’t be any charge. DTIC supplies reports in paper form or microfische form; microfische will be less expensive.

Some of the older reports are marked as "secret" or "confidential". For these reports, your letter can ask the office to review them to see if they can now be released.

If you have any questions, you can drop me a note.

=================


AD B269297, Trade Study: Off-Site Vs. On-Site Recovery, March 1988, 18 pp., United Technologies Corp.

AD B269294, Advanced Launch System ALS Mid-term Design Review Vehicle Splinter Session, April 1988, 607 pp., Boeing Aerospace Co.

AD B262297, NB-8 Parachute Repack Cycle Extension Phase 1 Test Report, D.E. Murray, June 1999, 15 pp., Naval Air Warfare Center

AD B291993, NACES Parachute Repack Cycle Surveillance Program, Phase II, Six Years in-service Usage, Final Report, Foster H. Richards, November 2000, 85 pp., Naval Air Warfare Center

AD B254187, Status of Developments for Precision Delivery of Air-Dropped Supplies, J.H. Brown, Jr. William D. Stuart, December 1969, 44 pp., Battelle Memorial Institute

AD B253333, Nitinol Based Emergency Parachute Automatic Actuation Device AAD Phase I – Final Report, Attila Lengyel, M.C. Van Schoor, A. Bent, Nov 1997, 48 pp., MIDE Technology Corp. (Shape Memory Metals)

AD B252020, The Circling Line Concept, Joe H. Brown, October 1969, 22 pp., Battelle Memorial Institute (flying a plane in a circle to drop or pick up cargo with a rope)

AD B251700, High-Low Altitude Single Soldier Precise Delivery System, Final Technical Report, J. Carter, March 2000, 66 pp., Foster Miller Inc.

AD B251220, Parachute Automatic Activation Device for Low Altitude Jumps, Final Report, Vince Cruz and Nestor Voronka, Dec 1999, 91 pp., Cybernet Systems Corp.

AD B250788, Support of X-38 on B52 60-050, Final Report, Jan 2000, 9 pp., Boeing Wichita Co. (test of NASA space emergency crew rescue vehicle)

AD B250787, Support of X-38 on B52 60-050, Interim Report, April 1999, 25 pp., Boeing Wichita Co. (test of NASA space emergency crew rescue vehicle)

AD B250657, C-130 Formation Container Delivery System Procedures, Sept 1999, 41 pp., Flight Test Squadron 33rd

AD B250177, Air Deployable Autonomous Delivery System ADADS Phase I Quarterly Report, William J. Perciballi, et al, Dec 1999 52 pp., Armorworks, Inc.

AD B249957, Operational Utility Evaluation of Powered Parachutes, Final Report, Dennis Cox, Brian K. Mitchell, Waldemar Barnes, Scott Rigsby, Dec 1999, 37 pp., Flight Test Squadron 18th

AD B249686, C-130 Formation Container Delivery System Procedures, Final Report, Michael J. Geyser, Sept 1999, 26 pp., 33rd Flight Test Squadron

AD B248738, Towed Paratroop Retrieval System on C-5 Aircraft Operational Utility Evaluation Test Plan, Walter E. Ramsey, march 1999, 37 pp., 33rd Flight Test Squadron (what to do if paratrooper is snagged)

AD B248597, System Evaluation Plan SEP for the Convertible Universal Static Line, Michael Prather et al, Sept 1999, 50 pp., Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command

AD B247933, Parachutes, Aircraft Fabrics and Clothing, Technical Manual, Jan 1941, 137 pp., Dept of the Army

AD B247331, Replacement of the MC1-1C Personnel Parachute System, Pete Morakon, Joe Harmon and Nora Campbell, August 1999, 25 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B246389, Parachute Automatic Activation Device for Low Altitude Jumps, Final Report, Nestor Vornka, Vincent Cruz, July 1999, 128 pp., Cybernet Systems Corp.

AD B245438, Enhanced Recovery System ERS Program, Final Report, R.J. Farhall, June 1999, 36 pp., Irvin Aerospace Inc.

AD B243780, Advanced Special Operations Planning and Rehearsal Parachute Simulation Database Generation, Cecy A. Pelz, Jeffrey R. Hogue, et al, April 1999, 44 pp., Systems Technology, Inc.

AD B242109, Qualification Tests for Service Use of the USMC MC-5 Ram Air parachute Assembly, Donald A. Baldwin, Lisa M. Kolb, Kurt E. Wittendorfer, November 1992, 84 pp., Naval Air Warfare Center

AD B241666, The Instrumentation for the ESA Parafoil Technology Demonstrator Test, J. M. Klijn, June 1998, 16 pp., National Aerospace Lab, Amsterdam

AD B241291, Novel Parafoil Construction Using 3D Weaving Techniques, Final Report, Zvi Horovitz, Fred W. Geurts, June 1998, 13 pp., Federal Fabrics Fibers Inc.

AD B240638, C-17 High Altitude Low Opening Oxygen System and Military Free Fall Retest/C-17 Chest-Mounted Regulator Operational Utility Evaluation, Sept 1998, 54 pp., Flight Test Squadron

AD B2400045, Extraction Force Transfer Coupling Investigation, T. C. Radtke, S. A. Barter, August 1998, 40, Defense Science and Technology Organisation (Australia)

AD B236837, Advanced Precision Aerial Delivery System, Yuri B. Shtessel, October 1997, 52 pp., Alabama University in Huntsville

AD B236817, National Aerospace Plane Special Study on Crew Escape Phase IV, Volume 2, Final Report, R. E. Zegler, A. Bermudez, July 1990, 254 pp., Rockwell International.

AD B235816, National Aerospace Plane, Special Study on Crew Escape Phase IV, Volume 1, Final Report, R.E. Zegler, A. Bermudez, July 1990, 350 pp., Rockwell International.

AD B235843, Selected Articles: Research on Rotating Parachutes and Submunitions, Guo Xifu, May 1998, 32 pp., National Air Intelligence Center (translation from Chinese about tank killing rotating parachute munitions)

AD B235411, Solving the problem of parachute suspension line tension for Terminally sensing projectiles using Two body motion model calculations, Le Sun, Zipeng Han, Fengchang Li, Shiping Liu, Jan 1998, 11 pp., National Ground Intelligence Center (translation from Chinese about tank killing rotating parachute munitions)

AD B234904, Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation of the C-17 Aircraft C-17 Military Free-Fall, Final Report, Gregory S. Curry, Jan 1998, 37 pp., 33rd Flight Test Squadron

AD B233396, Advanced Precision Aerial Delivery System (APADS), Final Report, James H. Estes, October 1997, 491 pp., Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

AD B231422, C-17 Personnel Formation Airdrop, Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation of the C-17 Aircraft, Final Report, Peter R. Livingston, and Nancy Brewington, october 1997 307 pp., 33rd Flight Test Squadron

AD B230930, Performance Assessment of the T-10B and T-10C Main Parachute Canopies, Customer Test, Pete Morakon, October 1997, 15 pp., Texcom Airborne and special Operations Test Board

AD B230775, Technical Feasibility Test of the Tactical Assault Personnel Parachute, April 1994, 44 pp., Yuma Proving Ground

AD B229821, Investigation of Parachutes of Special Construction in the Wind Tunnel, Poeschel, June 1947, 30 pp., General Dynamics Convair Division

AD B229068, Guidance Development and Flight Tests of Advanced Precision Aerial Delivery System APADS, Final Report, Susan N. Dunbar, July 1997, 85 pp., Army Missile Command

AD B228861, Service Test of Standard Air Delivery Equipment – personnel and Cargo -- at High Drop Zone Elevations, Delon T. Murdock, Jan 1971, 63 pp., Army Airborne Communications and Electronics Board

AD B227870, Engineering and Service Test of Standard Air Delivery Equipment – Personnel and Cargo – at High Drop Zone Elevations, Annex A, Medical Aspects, Stanley C. Knapp, George R. McCahan, January 1971, 125 pp., Yuma Proving Ground

AD B226511, Production Prove-Out Test of Ram Air Parachute System, Final Report, James E. Horne, Sept 1987, 162 pp., Yuma Proving Ground

AD B226447, Validation of Draft Military Free-Fall Procedures for the MI-8 and MI-17 Helicopters, by Pete Morakon, June 1997, 21 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B226366, First Biweekly Report on Air Delivery Phase of the Engineering Service Test of Battle Group Weapons Systems M28 and M29 – Davy Crockett . May 1963, 15 pp., Yuma Test Station (parachuting in of a portable nuclear weapon device)

AD B225489, Employment of Army Aviation in Support of Division Operations: European Theater. Volume I: chapters 1-6, Appendixes A and B, Technical Memo, April 1965, 193 pp., Research Analysis Corp.

AD B225466, Rigging Zodiac Marine Commando on a Metal Framed Platform with Twin 25 HP Outboard Motors Mounted on the Transom for Airdrop by C130 Hercules Aircraft, M.A. Wahlen, March 1995, 113 pp., (Australia)

AD B224884, Sonobuoy Decelerator Design Selection, Carl Reitz, October 1970, 28 pp., Naval Air Development Center

AD B224450, C-17 Military Free-Fall (Test Plan), Gregory S. Curry, March 1997, 48 pp., Air Mobility Command

AD B222594, Airdrop of the Orion Freefall Steerable Stores System from C130 Aircraft. D.A. Steel, September 1996, 35 pp., (Australia)

AD B220525, Some Ergonomic Problems in the Development and Expoert Assessment of Helicopter Crew Emergency Lifesaving Equipment, G. P. Stuakov and Yu. V. Moiseyev, October 1996, 9 pp. (Translation from the Russian)

AD B219546, Cybernetic Parachute Release System (Cypres), Test Report for 27-31 Oct 1996, Pete Morakon, Jan 1997, 17 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B218024, Linearization of State Equations for Semi-Rigid Wing System, Final Report, Susan N. Dunbar, Wayne Kendrick, November 1996, 45 pp., Army Missile Command

AD B217643, The Theory of Repeating Parachutes, P. Mandl, R.J. Templin, H.T. Stevinson, March 1955, 63 pp., National Research Council of Canada (Parachutes that open then collapse then reopen, etc.)

AD B202860, Criteria for the Design of Repeating Parachute Systems, P. Mandl, H.T. Stevinson, March 1955, 43 pp., National Research Council of Canada

AD B217370, Precision Airdrop System Development, Final Report, A.W. Bennett, C.L. Wood, March 1996, 201 pp., Lockheed Aeronautical Systems

AD B216519, Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation for the C-130H Adverse Weather Aerial Delivery System, Annex A, Final Report, Johnny R. Guest, September 1996, 58 pp., USAF Combat Aerial Delivery School

AD B214032, Use of Parachutes in the Wars in Spain, China and Ethiopia, P.P. Panov, December 1943, 7 pp., Air Service Command

AD B213377, Harness, Single Point Release for Military Free-Fall Operations, Pete Morakon, July 1996, 17 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B213368, Modified Interim Reserve Container MIRC, S.J. White, July 1996, 12 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B212805, Air Surfing, Tisserant Philippe, May 1996, 10 pp., National Ground Intelligence Center

AD B212642, Test of Anti-Ricochet Devices for Use on Land Targets, Final Report, James C. Barclay, July 1945, 44 pp., Army Air Forces

AD B212563, Paper Cargo Parachutes, 1964, 19 pp., General Precision Inc.

AD B212475, Commander’s Inquiry of the MC-5 Static Line Parachute Inner Deployment Bag Modification and C-130 Exist Procedures, Gregory C. Speaker, S.J. White, July 1996, 15 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Board

AD B212263, Advanced Antipersonnel Mechanisms, Semiannual Report No. 2, Aug 1964, 192 pp., Northrop Nortronics

AD B212262, C-17 Follow-On Operational Test and Evaluation, C-17 Personnel Formation Airdrop Detailed Test Plan, Peter R. Livingston, June 1996, 63 pp., 33rd Flight Test Squadron

AD B210690, Development and Demonstration of a Prototype Expendable Glider System to Expedite Sonar Buoy Deployment Phase 1, Final Report, G.W. Gyatt, D. Edberg, B.D. Hibbs, Sept 1988, 26 pp., Aerovironment Inc

AD B209991, Study of Alternative For Drag Chute, Jan 1991, 9 pp., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

AD B209959, C-5 Heavy Equipment Formation Airdrop Phase I, Bruce A. Grant, April 1996, 37 pp., 33rd Flight Test Squadron

AD B207933, Validation of Draft Military Static Line and Military Free-fall Procedures for the CASA-235 Aircraft, Pete Morakon, March 1996, 28 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B207865, Follow-on Operational Test and Evalution of the C-130H Adverse Weather Aerial Delivery System AWADS Mission Capability, Final Report, Scott Stephenson, October 1995, 65 pp., USAF Combat Aerial Delivery School

AD B204199, Initial Development of Guidance and control of High Glide System, Final Report, Susan N. Dunbar, Sept 1995, 212 pp., Army Missile Command

AD B202473, C-141 260,000 Pound Personnel Airdrop, Final Report, Michael L. Piasecki, May 1995, 22 pp., 33rd Flight Test Squadron

AD B201786, Stabilization of Fall in Delayed Opening Parachute Jumps, G. Kotelnikov, November 1943, 6 pp., Air Service Command (translation from the Russian)

AD B201544, Comparative Evaluation of the C-119C, XC-123, SA-16 and C-47F Aircraft For the Escape and Evasion Mission of Strategic Air Command, July 1951, 41 pp., Air Proving Ground Center

AD B201306, Project Recovery, Final Report, Radioplane Co, October 1949, 235 pp.

AD B200976, Drag Characteristics of Parachutes, by S. F. Hoerner, October 1950, 21 pp., Air Material Command.

AD B200168, Operational Feasibility Test and Evaluation of the Low Velocity Airdrop of the 40 Foot Special Operations Craft, Final Report, Michael L. Piasecki, May 1995, 21 pp., Air Mobility Command

AD B200099, Evaluation of C-17A Aircraft Heavy Equipment Airdrop Capabilities Final Report, Miguel A. Lopez, Michael J. Welch and William H. Yeary, May 1995, 186 pp., Air Force Flight Test Center

AD B199433, Validation of Draft Military Static Line and Military Free-Fall Procedures for the C-31 (F-27 Fokker) Aircraft, Pete Morakon, May 1995, 24 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Board

AD B198188, Returnable Ballistic Capsule, N.A. Yesipov, V. Yu. Katushkin, S.V. Antonenko, G.M. Ivanov, March 1995, 22 pp., (translation from Russian)

AD B196593, Parachutist’s Ankle Brace PAB Test 2, Customer Test Report, Dennis W. Bray, January 1995, 24 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B196195, Validation of Draft Military Static Line and Military Free-fall Procedures for the C-208B Caravan Aircraft, Pete Morakon, January 1995, 22 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B194177, Feasibility Study of Two Universal Static Line Prototypes from C-130 and C-17 aircraft, Pete Morakon, May 1998, 29 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B193753, Aerial Recovery Services for the Space Age, May 1961, 39 pp., All American Engineering Co.

AD B193525, Study of Design Criteria for Landing Shock Absorption Devices for Recoverable Flight Vehicles, Technical Report, Feb. 1962, 159 pp., Radioplane Co.

AD B193300, Technique of Dropping Supplies and Equipment From Aircraft, Final Report, H.C. Naugle, August 1943, 84 pp., Army Air Forces

AD B193233, Recovery of Discoverer Capsules in the Gulf of Mexico, January 1961, 18 pp., Air Proving Ground Center

AD B192786, Containers, Aerial Delivery, Rotary, Final Report, H.W. Knight, March 1946, 75 pp., Army Air Forces

AD B189865, Test of the APGC In-Flight Target Pickup and Parachute Recovery System – F-86 Phase, Gilbert A. Rhodes Jr., May 1958, 17 pp., Air Proving Ground Center.

AD B188986, Project Apollo Landing Systems Applicable to Apollo Spacecraft, John W. Kiker, James K. Hinson, August 1961, 35 pp., NASA Langley

AD B186299, Customer Test to Validate the Draft Military Static Line and Military Free-Fall Procedures for the DC-3 Turboprop Aircraft, Pete Morakon, June 1994, 18 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B185730, Concept Evaluation Program for the Use of the Static Line Deployed MC-5 parachute For the Insertion of Early Entry Forces, Gregory C. Speaker, August 1993, 25 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B185517, Customer Test of the Improved Reserve Parachute System, S.J. White, June 1994, 22 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate

AD B184819, Determination of Centers of Gravity of Man, John J. Searingen, 1953, 39 pp., Civil Aeronautics Medical Research Lab

AD B182430, Recoverable Boosters – The Next Big Step in Satellite and Space Systems, R.P. Buschmann, November 1959, 30 pp., Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

AD B180070, Tactical Evaluation of Aerial Bombing of Forest Fires, Final Report, Carl A. Brandt, November 1947, 85 pp., Air Proving Ground Center

AD B175389, Results and Discussions of the Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seats NACES Parachute Assembly Environmental Protection Evaluation, Foster Richards, July 1993, 107 pp.

AD B173787, Approved Test Report, Customer Test for the Follow-on Validation of Draft Static Line Personnel Airdrop Procedures for the C-23B Aircraft, Pete Morakon, June 1993, 26 pp., Texcom Airborne and Special Operations Test Board.

AD B173608, Parachute Soft Recovery System – Ground Launch Tacit Rainbow, J.R. Charlton, E.D. Wallace, August 1992, 140 pp., Redstone Arsenal

AD B168854, Future Theater Airlift Studies FTAS, Task III- Aerial Delivery, F. Solarczyk, M. Rohrlick, A. Sewell, J. Wechsler, July 1992, 282 pp., Douglas Aircraft Co.

AD B168727, Qualification Operational Test and Evaluation Fulton Surface To Air Recovery STAR Improvements, Final Report, Jim Thorpe, Sept 1992, 14 pp., Special Missions Operational Test and Evaluation Center (ground to air pickup)

AD B166738, Enhanced Container Delivery System, Final Technical Report, July 1992, 39 pp., Aepco Inc.

AD B158693, Results and Discussion of Qualification Tests for Service Release of the GQ Type 5000 Aeroconical Parachute Assembly in the NACES System, Final Report, F. Richards, May 1991, 306 pp., Naval Weapons Center

AD B151414, Performance and Quality of Wing Type Parachute, November 1988, 159 pp., (in French)

AD B151235, Parafoil Support to SDI Sensor Systems, Final Technical Report, Preston F. Marshall, John F. Kantak, March 1989, 29 pp., Vanguard Research Inc.

AD B150183, Navy Repack Cycle Extension Program, Summary Report, 1984-1990, Dave W. Jackson, August 1990, 152 pp., Naval Weapons Center


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[mr2mk1g 10]

Wow I never knew I had one of these:

AD B268489, Hypercone – Inflatable Hypersonic Decelerator, Final Report, Glen Brown, May 2001, 72 pp., Vertigo, Inc.

Now thats a cool name for a parachute...

[JohnRich 4]

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Wow I never knew I had one of these:
Inflatable Hypersonic Decelerator

When you take a lot of money from the government to do a study for them, you have to use big words to justify the expense.

[nightjumps 1]

An inflatable deceleration system for Mars atmospheric entry. The generic vehicle geometry consisted of an inflatable torus supporting the edge of a flexible-fabric conical surface skirting a cylindrical cargo vessel. Two configurations were analyzed; one with the fabric cone in an undeformed conical shape, and one with the fabric surface deformed in response to the aerodynamic forces. The flow field was predicted for various angles of attack at a Mach number of 2.5 in the Martian atmosphere.