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Monument to John Steele, whose parachute caught on a church pinnacle on D-Day. Today, these events are commemorated by the Airborne Museum (Sainte-Mère-Église) in Place du 6 Juin in the centre of Ste-Mère-Église and in the village church where a parachute with an effigy of Private Steele in his Airborne uniform hangs from the steeple. [2]
In June 1942, Adeline Grey was the first person to successfully test the human-rated parachute. This led to Pioneer becoming the world's leading manufacturer of parachutes, producing 300 per day at the height of WWII. A Canadian subsidiary The Pioneer Parachute Company of Canada Ltd operated in Smiths Falls, Ontario. Canada from 1954 until 1962.
The company originally operated as Powered Parachute Plans, also of Athens, Texas. When parts for complete aircraft were made available these were supplied by Airframes Unlimited and gradually the two enterprises were unified under the latter name. [1] [2] The company seems to have gone out of business in late 2014. [6]
The museum holds more than 10,000 items, including the CG-4 glider and the C-47 Skytrain, there is equipment used by generals James Gavin, Matthew Ridgway, J. Lawton Collins and John Steele's military decorations. The items on exhibit from World War II were used by paratroopers who jumped into Sainte-Mère-Église during the Battle of Normandy.
Michael Cox, John Watson and his two sons turned the old baseball stadium into 138 residential apartments for $13.8 million after purchasing the property for only $1.
In 2010 the company was purchased, the name changed to Six Chuter International LLC and relocated to Pangborn Memorial Airport, East Wenatchee, Washington. [5] In 2019 Six Chuter International was purchased from Tom Connley by Stacey and Anita Eaton. The company was relocated to Toquerville, Utah. [6]
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Infinity is a limited liability company. [3] The company currently offers two models of powered parachute, the Infinity Commander two seat light sport aircraft and the Infinity Challenger single-seater. The US Federal Aviation Administration had 191 aircraft made by Infinity registered in July 2015. [1] [6]