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900
Actient China's parachutes
in the year 900, Chinese people would jump off tall buildings holding multiple parasols in attempt to land safely. -
1495
Leonardo da Vinci's parachute design
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Faust tested his first model
Faust Vranic tested his first model of a parachute. It was shaped like a square. He called it the Homo Volans. -
First animal parachute
Jean-Pierre Blanchard dropped a dog in a basket in which a parachute was attached from a balloon high in the air. -
First Soft Parachute
Blanchard claimed to have escaped from a hot air balloon that exploded with a parachute.did develop the first foldable parachute made from silk. -
first person recorded to not have a rigid frame
Andrew Garnerin became the first person recorded to jump with a parachute without a rigid frame -
Stunt jumper had a canopy placed in her balloon
The first woman to use a parachute was a German stunt jumper named Kathy. -
First death
Robert Cocking became the first person to die from a parachute accident. -
First parachute harness
Captain Thomas Baldwin invented the first parachute harness. -
First Knapsack and Breakaway
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. -
First people who jumped from a plane
Two parachuters claim to be the first person to jump from an airplane. Both Grant Morton and Captain Albert Berry parachuted from an airplane. -
First freefall
Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick made the first freefall jump. -
First Parachute Training Tower
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. -
Person opened his parachute with 500ft left
A man named Harris fell 2000ft and managed to open his parachute with only 500ft left to get to ground. -
ribbons on parachutes.
It was discovered that ribbons could be used for parachutes. -
change of production materials
Parachutes switched from being made of silk to being made of a nylon based synthetic. -
First landing of an airplane
The first plane to land with a parachute. -
Nazi attack
In May 1941, during World war 2, the Nazis used parachutes to get to a Mediterranean island with 25,000 troops. -
First paratrooper division
The 82 division became the first airborn paratrooper division. -
WW2 paratroopers
Known as D-day, during World War 2, 20,000 paratroopers from the allies attacked the Nazis and succeeded. -
Lowest parachute opened
Joe Kittinger became the person to open a parachute at the lowest distance than the one recorded at the time. -
Freedom 7 landing
Alan Shepard made it back to earth safely on the freedom 7 with a parachute. -
First parafoil
The first fight parachute, named parafoil, was patented and used. -
Apollo uses parachutes for landing
Apollo 11's parachutes were not closed canopies, they were ribbons. -
new system
The three ring system was made for parachutes. -
Nasa pathfinder
The N.A.S.A Pathfinder parachuted in Mars and managed to get images of the planet. -
What they started being used for
Parachutes started being used for fun and to this day are still being used for entertaining activity. -
The Da Vinci parachute
Adrian Nichoalas created and tested Da Vinci's parachute. His test was successful.
