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atmosphere by ... Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally 
silk, now ..... Irvin became the first person to make a premeditated free-fall 
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saving ... silk from Japan, and parachute manufacturers began using nylon fabric. [DOC] [TLE] Parachuting - Super Seventies RockSite [PAR] Modern designs are made of nylon that has "rip stop" and "Zero porosity" 
technology. ... In World War II they were used for surprise attacks by landing 
soldiers on the enemy line. ... The commonly used design today is the Ram-air 
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they also used a horizontal parachute called a drag chute to help. [DOC] [TLE] to Download the PDF file instead - Collections - Minnesota Historical ... [PAR] Mar 1, 1980 ... Silk became very widely used in parachuting materials during World War II. Silk 
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the nylon! ... Through the 1920s all the way through World War II "hitting the silk" 
was ... These seats could be used from an aircraft at zero altitude and zero 
airspeed. .... OK, make sure you're sitting straight up against the seat. [DOC] [TLE] That Forests May Live- The Smokejumpers [PAR] made several major improvements in the gyro-stabilized cargo carrier. These ... 
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... A 150-foot nylon line in leg ... silk parachutes used by smokejumpers. ... World 
War II. [DOC] [TLE] SEAP Bulletin 2013-Web Version-LR.pdf - Southeast Asia Program [PAR] Leluhur, 110X124. Silk threads on cotton, mirror glass, scrap cloth triangles, and 
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... their craft and automatically release a parachute when

Question: During World War II, silk was used to make the canopies of these; today they're usually made of nylon
Answer: parachutes