In December 1961, Langley flight-tested a 50-foot parawing's ability to bring down safely a model of a manned space capsule from a few thousand feet above Plum Tree Island, an old army bombing range near Langley Field.
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In December 1961, Langley flight-tested a 50-foot parawing's ability to bring down safely a model of a manned space capsule from a few thousand feet above Plum Tree Island, an old army bombing range near Langley Field.