{"id":407,"date":"2011-02-17T01:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T01:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=407"},"modified":"2023-08-30T16:49:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T23:49:22","slug":"the-pioneer-of-parachutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=407","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Pioneer of Parachutes&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_409\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Russel3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-409\" data-attachment-id=\"409\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=409\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Russel3.jpg?fit=1386%2C1915\" data-orig-size=\"1386,1915\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Russel3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;James Russell with his &amp;#8220;Lobe&amp;#8221; chute. Courtesy San Diego Air &amp;#038; Space Museum&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Russel3.jpg?fit=741%2C1024\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-409\" title=\"Russel3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Russel3.jpg?resize=217%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Russel3.jpg?resize=217%2C300 217w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Russel3.jpg?resize=741%2C1024 741w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Russel3.jpg?w=1386 1386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Russell with his &#8220;Lobe&#8221; chute. Courtesy San Diego Air &amp; Space Museum<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the &#8220;Air Capital of the West,&#8221; a young parachute designer named James Russell leaped from airplanes to test his own experimental designs. 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