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this stronger & cheaper material began to replace silk in parachute canopies. [DOC] [TLE] What Materials are Used to Make Parachutes? - AZoM.com [PAR] Dec 9, 2013 ... Canvas - The first choice for the parachute's canopy was canvas. ... Silk  Canvas 
was replaced by silk, as silk happened to be lighter, stronger, thinner as ... good 
elasticity, mildew resistance, and is comparatively cheaper. [DOC] [TLE] Parachute Canopy Materials Evolve - Skydiving Encyclopedia [PAR] May 26, 2015 ... Canvas was replaced by silk, as silk was clearly the better fabric. ... began 
making parachutes from folded silk, taking advantage of silk's strength and light 
weight. To be lighter, stronger, thinner as well as fire resistant, springy and ... 
nylon was a U.S. Govt. authorized replacement for silk in parachutes. [DOC] [TLE] History of the petrochemicals products - Petrochemicals Europe [PAR] The result was a more flexible material that was easy to use in many ways. ... 
Today, polystyrene is used in making many products, whenever colourful and 
cheap plastic is ... Large-scale commercial production of synthetic rubber first 
started in .... Nylon was intended to be a synthetic replacement for silk for 
example in... [DOC] [TLE] On the historical capabilities of Parachutes and Wing Suits - Ars ... [PAR] Silk has been used in textiles for ten times as long. ... Even a cheap domestic 
sewing machine is capable of vastly finer and more ... even stronger seams, and 
we have other ways of joining fabric, ... the knowledge of airfoils to build anything 
but a basic round canopy. ..... By 1940, we'd derived the area rule. [DOC] [TLE] Innovation Starts Here | DuPont USA [PAR] DUPONT PEOPLE HAVE TRANSFORMED THEIR COMPANY SUCCESSFULLY 
FOR TWO CENTURIES, MAKING DUPONT ONE OF THE MOST... [DOC] [TLE] Material Memories: The Parachute Wedding Gowns of American ... [PAR] parachute silk from the Second World War to make a wedding dress. .... of 1930-
1940's bridal magazines, such as Bride's Magazine, I determined the state of the 
.... to a forgotten deferment he was drafted into the Army, and in 1943 he began 
his ... The fabric of the parachute's dome-like canopy was then spread out in. [DOC] [TLE] Technology & Living Standards - Plastics [PAR] Plastics contributed to higher American living standards by replacing more 
expensive glass, ... The invention of celluloid began the plastics "revolution". ... 
Bakelite was cheap, strong and durable. ... In WW II, silk stockings were put aside 
while nylon was made into parachutes for aviators and paratroopers. .... 1940-
1949. [DOC] [TLE] Journal 37 - RAF [PAR] THE EVOLUTION OF PARACHUTES FOR AIRCREW by. AVM Alan .... Thus 
began the process of analysing accidents and learning from .... something like 
the 'sound barrier' of the 1940s. .... and material throughout are of cheap and 
typically American ..... diameter silk canopy, silk rigging lines, a 3 ft apex vent to 
reduce. [DOC] [TLE] Nylon, Industrial Chemistry's Glamour Girl - Engineering & Science [PAR] material is allowed to flott out on the surface ol d Lioaii. ... and because it is cheap 
and easy to handle. Spare sl~in- ... strong fiber. After the ... interested in nylon as 
a possible replacement for silk parachutes early in 1940. started an intensive 
program early in 1941 and ... supplies not only the canopy cloth of parachutes, 
but. [DOC] [TLE] Read the full story here. - Para-Anchor [PAR] parachute sea anchor has often come into the conversation. .... As word spread 
about the para-anchor, Fiorentino began buying parachutes from ... a small fee, 
he would personally attach the chain to the canopy and reinforce the shroud .... 
The fabric was a 2-ounce, silk-like nylon, similar to the feel of a handkerchief or 
scarf. [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Plastic: A Toxic Love Story [PAR] Invented as a synthetic replacement for shellac in electrical insulation, ... for 
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Question: In the 1940s this stronger & cheaper material began to replace silk in parachute canopies
Answer: nylon