A more detailed discussion of the sources is provided in the bibliography.Īlthough interest in parachuting goes back a long way in history - for example, we know that toy parachutes were a popular present for children in the European Middle Ages, and there were experiments in jumping off towers and walls with parachutes - modern parachuting begins in the context of the European Enlightenment, with its espousal of a methodology of observation and experiment to enable human beings to acquire a progressive mastery of themselves and their environment. The other important element in writing history is the sources of the history, what might be called the archaeology of the activity, and our attitude to sources will be influenced by our historiographical approach. It enables the activity or organisation to be compared and contrasted with other human activities and organisations. This can be designated the historiography of the activity and its relations with other historiographies, of nations, movements and so forth needs to be identified. The following work examines the history of parachuting in Australia up to the foundation of sport parachuting in Australia in 1958.Īn important foundation for the writing of the history of any organisation, activity or group of people is that framework of ideas and events within which the history of the activity, organisation or group worked itself out. The Foundation Of Sport Parachuting In Australia.The Foundation Of Sport Parachuting In New Zealand.The Establishment Of The Parachute Training School At Williamtown.The Development Of The Steerable Parachute.10 Prerequisites For The Further Advancement Of Parachuting.Post-War Experiments In Dropping Of Newspapers.9 Post-War Exhibition Parachuting, 1945-1958.8 The Creation of A Paratroop Unit in Australia.Military Parachuting During The Second World War.The Supply Of Parachute Grade Silk For Wartime Use.7 The Beginnings of Parachute Manufacture in Australia.Some Descents From Aeroplanes Prior To The Second World War.6 The Aeroplane Era: Civilian Jumpers 1920-1939.The Introduction Of Emergency Parachutes Into The RAAF.
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