The History Of The Parachute

By andrewwong1029
  • Jan 1, 1485

    Sketch of The Parachute

    Sketch of The Parachute
    Leonardo Da Vinci, First sketch of a parachute existed

  • Fauste Veranzio parachute

    Fauste Veranzio parachute
    Fauste Veranzio invented the parachute and he tested it personally

  • Jean Pierre used Parachute for emergency

    Jean Pierre used Parachute for emergency
    Jean Pierre was the first person to use a parachute in an emergency of a dog

  • Andrew Garnerin

    Andrew Garnerin
    was the First person to jmp with a parachute redorded without rigid frame

  • Robert Cocking Death

    Robert Cocking Death
    Robert Cocking was the first person to die from an parachute accident

  • Thomas Baldwin

    Thomas Baldwin
    Captain Thomas Baldwin was the first person to invent the parachute Harness

  • Paul Letteman and Kathchen Paulus

    Paul Letteman and Kathchen Paulus
    Paul Letteman and Kathchen Paulus invented the method of folding the parachute into a knapsack to be worn on the back before jumping.

  • Adrian Nicholas

    Adrian Nicholas
    Adrian NIcholas built a prototype based completely on Da Vinci’s drawings and tested it. He was launched from a hot air balloon in his parachute from a height of 10,000 feet over the wide-open grasslands of Mpumalanga, South Africa. Nicholas had created the parachute from the same materials that would have been available to Da Vinci in his time.