Title
A Parachute For Airplanes
Caption
Los Angeles, California: c. 1926
The world's largest parachute at 85 feet in diameter being inspected in its container by its inventor Heard (Herd) McClellan. He will stall his airplane and then deploy the chute which is attached to the plane and float back to earth while still in the cockpit.
Credit line
Photo12/Underwood Archives/UIG
Reference
UMG20A15_099
Model release
No
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
47,8Mb (5,9Mb) / 17,0in x 10,9in / 5100 x 3274 (300dpi)