parachute

From a couple of days ago: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9kuEujDjEM

The last time I visited the Canadian Air and Space museum at Rockcliffe (a suburb of Ottawa, Canada) I noticed that the huge south wall was blank. The only exhibit was a dilapidated ejection seat that a young guide was trying to explain to tour groups. Her explanation left me under-whelmed. Mind...

To start this thread off, a 2020 Top Gear story on the development of the Royal Enfield Model RE airborne forces motorcycle, better known as the Flying Flea: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/small-motorbike-helped-win-ww2 (You will notice a few, mostly minor errors in the article.)

Back around 1980, G. Q. Parachutes (UK) published a corporate history entitled "Saved From Peril" or "Saved From Distress" or something like that. I saw a copy in a Boston bookstore in 1985. I have been kicking myself for not buying it!!!! By 1994, not even the G. Q. factory had any spare...

Suppose that operational helicopters were delayed several years beyond the original time line. Airborne operations are still limited to parachutes and assault gliders. What direction would assault gliders develop? Would they be limited to delivering small squads (say 10 men) to capture...