Photographs of employees of P Frankenstein & Sons testing pressure suits, copy of JBIS vol.17 no.12 containing article by I B Wright and S Sullivan, c.1960

Made:
1959-1969 in Newton Heath

Collection of photographs showing the donor and colleagues testing various pressure suits being developed by P Frankenstein & Sons. Some of the suits were attached to Baxter Taylor Woodhouse helmets. Frankensteins worked with A V Roe at Chadderton to develop a British full pressure suit. The collection also includes a copy of vol.17 no.12 of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, containing an article written by the donor and I B Wright about proposals for a pressurised crew environment conditioning system for a manned orbital vehicle.

Details

Category:
Archive
Object Number:
YA2007.40
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
paper and photograph
credit:
Gift of S Sullivan