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History of Parachutes

By alliehorn
  • beginning of parachutes
    Jan 1, 1485

    beginning of parachutes

    Leonardo da Vinci drew drawings of parachutes and imagined them in 1485.
  • First constrution of parachutes

    First constrution of parachutes

    Sebastien Lenormand designed and tested parachutes based on Da Vinci's drawings. He used a rigid frame in his testing.
  • First attemt for saftey

    First attemt for saftey

    Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard dropped a dog from a parachute in high balloon.
  • First person to jump with a parachute

    First person to jump with a parachute

    Andrew Garnerin jumped a parachute in a hot air balloon 8,000 ft. above the ground without a rigid frame.
  • Invention of the parachute sack

    Invention of the parachute sack

    Paul Letteman and Kathchen Paulus invented the method of packing. The parachute in a sack is to be worn on a person's back before its release.
  • First public jumping tower

    First public jumping tower

    In 1934, Stanley Switlik and George Palmer Putnam built a 115 ft. tower, the first public jump from the tower.
  • Parachuting now

    Parachuting now

    Skydiving, dropping soldiers on a battlefield, drag racing, airplanes NASA, and boat parachuting are all things that we do now. The design of the parachute now day is a lot safer and now the come in cool colors.