Test new parachute for dogs

Foreseeing that troops may be dropped with parachutes from speeding planes, in future wars, Elite Units experimenters are trying out a similar means of landing the dogs used in army service. A recent invention is a cylindrical coop for the dog, provided with a parachute that opens automatically when it is tossed from a plane. The shell of the coop, locked closed during the descent, springs open of its own accord when the device strikes the ground. The photographs reproduced here show the device in action during recent successful tests by Elite Units aviators.