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in the year 900, Chinese people would jump off tall buildings holding multiple parasols in attempt to land safely.
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Faust Vranic tested his first model of a parachute. It was shaped like a square. He called it the Homo Volans.
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Jean-Pierre Blanchard dropped a dog in a basket in which a parachute was attached from a balloon high in the air.
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Blanchard claimed to have escaped from a hot air balloon that exploded with a parachute.did develop the first foldable parachute made from silk.
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Andrew Garnerin became the first person recorded to jump with a parachute without a rigid frame
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The first woman to use a parachute was a German stunt jumper named Kathy.
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Robert Cocking became the first person to die from a parachute accident.
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Captain Thomas Baldwin invented the first parachute harness.
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Paul Letteman and Kathchen Paulus invented the method of folding or packing the parachute in a knapsack to be worn on a person's back before its release.Kathchen Paulus was also behind the invention of the intentional breakaway, which is when one small parachute opens first and pulls open the main parachute.
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Two parachuters claim to be the first person to jump from an airplane. Both Grant Morton and Captain Albert Berry parachuted from an airplane.
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Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick made the first freefall jump.
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Polish-American Stanley Switlik founded the "Canvas-Leather Speciality Company". Switlik soon switched to making pilot and gunner belts, designing flight clothing and experimenting with parachutes.
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A man named Harris fell 2000ft and managed to open his parachute with only 500ft left to get to ground.
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It was discovered that ribbons could be used for parachutes.
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Parachutes switched from being made of silk to being made of a nylon based synthetic.
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The first plane to land with a parachute.
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In May 1941, during World war 2, the Nazis used parachutes to get to a Mediterranean island with 25,000 troops.
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The 82 division became the first airborn paratrooper division.
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Known as D-day, during World War 2, 20,000 paratroopers from the allies attacked the Nazis and succeeded.
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Joe Kittinger became the person to open a parachute at the lowest distance than the one recorded at the time.
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Alan Shepard made it back to earth safely on the freedom 7 with a parachute.
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The first fight parachute, named parafoil, was patented and used.
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Apollo 11's parachutes were not closed canopies, they were ribbons.
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The three ring system was made for parachutes.
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The N.A.S.A Pathfinder parachuted in Mars and managed to get images of the planet.
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Parachutes started being used for fun and to this day are still being used for entertaining activity.
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Adrian Nichoalas created and tested Da Vinci's parachute. His test was successful.
