This Day in History October 22, 1797

By Ruth on October 22, 2013 in history, invention, science, science history
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early flightI was completely amazed concerning today’s feature.  It was on this date in 1797, that Andrew Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump without a rigid frame.  He jumped from a hot air balloon as high as 8000 feet in the air.  He was the only also the inventor of the air vent in a parachute which helped to reduce oscillations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Jacques_Garnerin

http://www.parachutehistory.com/eng/drs.html

http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/10/22/google-commemorates-worlds-first-parachute-jump-with-fun-doodle-game/

http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/ss/Parachute_2.htm

http://famousdaily.com/history/first-parachute-jump.html

 

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  1. md kennedy October 23, 2013 Reply

    I saw the Google drawing yesterday morning about this and learned something new as well! Amazing.

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