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The first Army free-fall parachute test jump was made by Mr. Leslie Irvin at McCook Field in 1919. The chute was designed by Floyd Smith and Guy Ball, both employees at the McCook Field Engineering Division, an Aerospace Systems Directorate precursor. Smith was a high-flying trapeze daredevil in a circus act, then a test pilot who had a nearly fatal crash.
Chief test pilot Lt Harold R. Harris became the first person to successfully bail out in an emergency. Harris was in a mock dogfight with Lt Muir Fairchild when the experimental balanced ailerons on his plane oscillated uncontrollably, causing a wing to depart the aircraft. He landed safely in a backyard grape arbor on Troy St. in Dayton, while his Loening PW-2A monoplane crashed nearby, with no injuries on the ground.
| Date Taken: | 09.06.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 09.16.2024 07:21 |
| Story ID: | 480261 |
| Location: | US |
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