Collection ONF
L.A.P.E.S. - Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System
197814 min 13 secFilm: Documentaire
Commissioned by NFB to Nimbus Films Limited for the Department of National Defence.
Training/briefing film showing methods used by DND to parachute heavy equipment from Hercules (C-130) aircraft of the Canadian Forces. Equipment such as bulldozers are dropped from a moving aircraft flying at 160 miles per hour.