When skydiving for the first time, know who accomplished the feat
On October 22, 1797, Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin made the first successful parachute jump in Parc Monceau, Paris. He descended approximately 3,000 feet (910 m) from a hot air balloon using a silk parachute. Garnerin is believed to be the first person to successfully use a parachute. Previously, Frenchman Louis-Sébastien Lenormand had made a parachute out … Read more