A parachute (payload not visible) being recovered, proving as false the assumption that it would be collapsed by the helicopter's downwash. Aircraft shown is a Sikorsky CH-3C or CH-3E (14228). From Vertiflite, May/June 1974 (page 6).
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A parachute (payload not visible) being recovered, proving as false the assumption that it would be collapsed by the helicopter's downwash. Aircraft shown is a Sikorsky CH-3C or CH-3E (14228).

From Vertiflite, May/June 1974 (page 6).

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