Word: doucette
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...inventor of the plane-parachute was Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Harry A. Doucett, of San Diego Navy air base. The contrivance weighed 45 Ibs. and measured 50 ft. across. Plane, pilot and equipment weighed just short of a ton. Naval observers were most enthusiastic after the test and Pilot Oelze was for another drop at once, to a level landing, with a slightly larger parachute...