Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first jump from a balloon with a frameless
parachute on October 22, 1797. He was dropped from about 1,000 meters (3,200 feet) over Monceau Park in Paris in a 23-ft.-diameter parachute made of white canvas with a basket attached. Garnerin was airsick on the way down as his invention lacked the hole in the top to steady it.
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First use of a frameless parachute, by André Garnerin in 1797 |
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