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