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[Photograph of Parachute]

Photograph of a parachute in midair dragging four flags behind it. The Aero Repair Depot is visible in the foreground, and Love Field is visible in the distance.

Date: [1918-11-12..1918-11-13]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Photograph of a man parachuting]

Photograph of a sky with white, puffy clouds. A small silhouette of an individual descending on a parachute is visible high above.

Date: [1930..1960]

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a man parachuting, 2]

Photograph of a cloudy sky. The silhouette of a small airplane and an individual descending on a parachute is visible high above.

Date: [1930..1960]

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Airing the Parachute after the Drop Test

Airing the Parachute after the Drop Test at Randolph Field

Date: June 16, 1932

Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

Drop Testing Parachutes

Parachute testing over Randolph Field. Dropping several parachutes

Date: August 12, 1932

Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

[Photograph of Man Opening Parachute]

Photograph of a man opening a parachute, with a small amount of it visible emerging from the backpack.

Date: 1942~

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Man with Parachute]

Photograph of a man on the ground with an opened parachute attached to him.

Date: 1942~

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Man with Parachute]

Photograph of a man standing in a field wearing an unopened parachute, with another man standing behind him.

Date: 1942~

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Man with Parachute]

Photograph of a man in a field with a parachute attached to him, dragging him along the ground, with another man helping him.

Date: 1942~

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Donna Davey in Parachute with Major Tom Isley and Col. John Livingston]

Photograph of Donna Davey and Dailey (first name unknown) in full pack, parachute, and life jacket. They are standing next to Major Tom Isley and Colonel John Livingston in front of a plane's wheel.

Date: 1943~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Pamphlet: Parachute Sense]

Booklet created by the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics discussing parachute safety, such as when and how to bail out, procedure during descent, and landing technique.

Date: May 1943

Creator: Bureau of Aeronautics

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Class 3 Achieves First Goal]

Newspaper clipping describing the quality of the parachutes used at Avenger Field and the Link training process for the WASPs. The clipping also provides details about the graduation ceremony for the Women AIrforce Service Pilots, class of 43-W-3.

Date: July 26, 1943

Creator: Clements, Betty; Seip, Margaret & Baumgartner, Ann

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: There'll Always Be a Christmas]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl flying wearing a red, white, and blue sheer dress printed with the navy star paired with a two stanza verse "There'll Always be a Christmas" in a gothic font by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Unkillable Quarry by John Falter used especially for the December edition of Esquire Magazine in 1943. The painting/print depicts a soldier (possib… more

Date: December 1943

Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Memorandum Receipt for Parachute, November 11, 1944]

Memorandum receipt for a parachute seat issued to Catherine Parker.

Date: November 11, 1944

Creator: 3024 Army Air Force Base Unit

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[News Script: Aviation day]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of the Dallas Advertising League discussing the progress of the aviation industry in the city.

Date: February 20, 1951

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Chute drop]

Video footage from he WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about members of the 443rd Troop Carrier Wing of the 18th Air Force at Hensley Field preparing for a practice supply-drop mission.

Date: June 19, 1951

Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Chute shop]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parachute packing and repair shop at Carswell Air Force Base. Various airmen are shown making, testing, and packing parachutes for future use.

Date: August 15, 1951

Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Chute shop]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parachute packing and repair shop at Carswell Air Force Base.

Date: August 15, 1951

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Year In Review, 1952]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news highlights from the year 1952.

Date: 1952

Duration: 10 minutes 01 second

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Location: 32.779508 -96.759549

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Air Force parachuter]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: March 18, 1952

Duration: 3 minutes

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Parachutes]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: July 4, 1952

Duration: 3 minutes 28 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Parachutist Breaks Record]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: July 6, 1952

Duration: 2 minutes 37 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Dust storm]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a severe dust storm striking Fort Worth and other communities in the western half of Texas, reducing visibility to zero and damaging buildings with heavy wind.

Date: February 19, 1954

Duration: 2 minutes 45 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Plane pilot tornado]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a pilot killed after attempting to fly out of Dallas during a severe dust storm. Another pilot is forced to bail out of his plane due to the storm, but survives. The script goes on to describe the aftermath of a tornado striking the town of Conroe, north of Houston. No one was killed.

Date: February 21, 1954

Duration: 2 minutes 18 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections