Instructions for the Care and Use of the
HOFFMAN TRIANGLE PARACHUTE
Cincinnati, Ohio: Triangle Parachute Co., 1932.
Original edition (not a facsimile).
Mild curl to the lower front cover, faint stain to the front cover, else very good in side-saddle stapled illustrated wraps. Internally near fine.
Quarto (7 3/4" by 10 5/8").
20 pages.
Illustrated with over 50 informative photographs plus one plan.
Includes:
"A General Description of the Hoffman Triangle Parachute."
"Instructions to the Jumper."
"How to Pack the Triangle Parachute."
The parachute was designed by Edward Lincoln Hoffman (1884-1970) who was a U.S. Army Air Service who created a team to develop the first modern parachute.
"The Last Word in Parachutes"--by Hoffman.
The parachute was "Perfected by the man who was presented the Collier Trophy in 1927 by President Coolidge for his parachute work."
A VERY SCARCE SURVIVING BOOKLET.
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