The big umbrella
By: John Lucas.
Publisher: Drake Publishers
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Parachutes -- History; Parachuting -- History
Description: In this book, John Lucas charts the fascinating 500-year history of the parachute. "This book is a timely tribute to the "big umbrella" coming as it does at the end of the Apollo Project in which it played, as ever, a leading role in the safe return of man to earth."--[book jacket].
Notes: Bibliography: p. [149]-150.
Includes index.