Parachute timeline

the parachute

By mccroryhailey3
  • the invention of the first parachute
    1519

    the invention of the first parachute

    parachutes had been imagined and sketched by Leonardo Da Vinci
  • First Recorded Parachute Jump

    First Recorded Parachute Jump

    Andrew Garnerin became the first person recorded to jump with a parachute without a rigid frame.
  • First Death, Harness, Knapsack, Breakaway

    First Death, Harness, Knapsack, Breakaway

    Robert Cocking became the first person to die from a parachute accident.
  • first parachute harness.

    first parachute harness.

    Captain Thomas Baldwin invented the first parachute harness.
  • Jumping From An Airplane

    Jumping From An Airplane

    Both Grant Morton and Captain Albert Berry parachuted from an airplane
  • First Parachute Training Tower

    First Parachute Training Tower

    Stanley Switlik and George Palmer Putnam, Amelia Earhart's husband, formed a joint venture and built a 115-foot tall tower on Stanley's farm in Ocean County.
  • Parachute jumping

    Parachute jumping

    The parachute above drive slots for greater stability and horizontal speed.