William Newell, using a Calthrop Guardian Angel parachute
On 9 May 1914 William Newell, using a Calthrop Guardian Angel parachute, used the Grahame-White Type 10 Charabanc - also known as the Aerobus - to undertake the first parachute descent in Britain from an aeroplane
Picture No
10840238
Media ID
48061757
Size
4000px x 2442px
(1.0MB)
Credit
© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library) / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph from The Royal Aeronautical Society Archive
Date
1914
