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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
This collection consists of a variety of correspondence and published articles, some authored by Smith himself. One part of the correspondence is a set of letters between Arthur Lapham and Ernest Jones, on the verification of the history of the early parachute jumpers. There is also a set of letters between Floyd and Hilder Smith and Jones, and later with Lapham as well. The papers also include information on other contemporary jumpers besides Smith and his wife.
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- Parachuting
- Aeronautics--Exhibitions
- Aeronautical sports
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- Correspondence
- Collection descriptions
- Articles