HC Deb 26 July 1939 vol 230 cc1580-1W
Captain BALFOUR

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air, whether, in the trials of His Majesty's airships R101 and R100, pack parachutes will be worn by crews in the same way as are worn by the crews of heavier-than-air aircraft?

Mr. MONTAGUE

Parachutes will be carried, not on the person, since that would impede work, but in a convenient place in the airship for each member of of the crew.