Parachute timeline

the parachute

By mccroryhailey3
  • 1519

    the invention of the first parachute

    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.