Parachute

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OBJECT TYPE
aircraft flare
DATE
1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1966.1045.001
MANUFACTURER
Quebec Converters Ltd.
MODEL
EXP. A-1/3
LOCATION
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
chute
Patents
N/A
General Description
White viscose-rayon fibre chute has stitching, lacings and reinforced edges of natural fibre [including silk and linen] and synthetic materials. Off-white heavy paper tag bearing printed text is fixed to parachute using metal staple.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
N/A
Width
N/A
Height
N/A
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
335.0 cm
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Aviation
Category
Research
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Quebec
Country
Canada
State/Province
Quebec
City
Montreal

Context

Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
Period
This [sample ?] parachute was mfd. in Sept., 1943.
Canada
Unknown
Function
To control descent of reconnaissance aircraft flare by creating drag.
Technical
".... [the] synthetic textile industry appeared in the years just after the First War. The production of artificial silk, more properly known as viscose rayon, made from bleached wood pulp, began in Cornwall, Ontario in 1925, in a factory built by Courtaulds (Canada). A year later Celanese Canada began making acetate yarn in a new plant in Drummondville, Quebec. DuPont Canada was the first to manufacture nylon yarn in Canada at its factory in Kingston, Ontario in 1942. This secret material was initially used for parachutes but following the war was used to make nylon stockings." [Ref. 2]
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
"MANUFACTURED BY/ QUEBEC CONVERTERS LIMITED/ MONTREAL, CANADA/ SEP 1943 EXP. A 1/3" printed in black ink on parachute. "Q.C.L./ 3" stamped in black ink to left of mfr's markings. "VISCOSE/ RAYON/ FLARE/ CHUTE/ 1939-1945 War" printed by hand on tag fastened to parachute.
Missing
Unknown: appears complete. Possibly missing suspension rope.
Finish
White viscose-rayon fibre chute has stitching, lacings and reinforced edges of natural fibre [including silk and linen] and synthetic materials. Off-white heavy paper tag bearing printed text is fixed to parachute using metal staple.
Decoration
N/A

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Quebec Converters Ltd., Parachute, 1943, Artifact no. 1966.1045, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.1045.001/

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