Ear‐to‐ground

A whole new family of expendable low cost supply dropping parachutes have been introduced by the G.Q. Parachute Company Ltd. The new parachute was demonstrated before a large gathering of overseas visitors and services representatives at R.A.F. Old Sarum on November 14, when a whole series of drops with loads ranging from 300 to 2,000 lb. was carried out with remarkable precision in spite of the fresh wind and poor visibility. The new canopies behaved well and it was noteworthy that the initial oscillations after deployment were quickly damped out.