History of the Parachute

In 1797 (October 22), Andrew Garnerin was the first person recorded to jump with a parachute without a rigid frame. Garnerin jumped from hot air balloons as high as 8,000 feet in the air. Garnerin also designed the first air vent in a parachute intended to reduce oscillations.

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• History of the Parachute
• Andrew Garnerin - First Recorded Parachute Jump
• Andrew Garnerin's Parachute
• Parachute Trivia - First Death, Harness, Knapsack, Breakaway
• Parachute Trivia - Jumping From An Airplane, First Freefall
• First Parachute Training Tower
• Parachute Jumping

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