An inflatable slide, for use in emergency evacuation of aircraft, door and window, including upper and lower inflation tube assemblies which are suitably bound together. A taut, relatively frictionless material is positioned between the upper and lower assemblies to provide a slide surface which is both protected by and depressed below the upper tube assembly. Suitable airflow paths are provided in the assemblies for producing predetermined sequential inflation of each assembly to ensure that, when the slide is inflated, it attains a position in which it may be properly used. The slide is held to the aircraft by a releasable stitch-locking means which allows the slide to serve as a raft when it is unlocked.
