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  2. Parachute - Wikipedia

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    A parachute is usually made of a light, strong fabric. Early parachutes were made of silk. The most common fabric today is nylon. A parachute's canopy is typically dome-shaped, but some are rectangles, inverted domes, and other shapes. A variety of loads are attached to parachutes, including people, food, equipment, space capsules, and bombs.

  3. Timeline of aviation in the 18th century - Wikipedia

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    It is the first battle in history to be affected by aerial observation. [13] 1795. October 29, Observation balloons used in Battle of Mainz. 1797. October 22, André-Jacques Garnerin jumps from a balloon from 975 meters (3,199 feet) over Parc Monceau in Paris in a 7-meter (23-foot)-) diameter parachute made of white canvas with a basket ...

  4. Katharina Paulus - Wikipedia

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    During the First World War, Paulus created approximately 125 parachutes a week. She was also credited with inventing the "drag 'chute", an intentional breakaway system where one small parachute opens to pull out the main parachute. [6] Paulus was an avid aeronaut herself and logged over 510 balloon flights and over 165 parachute jumps in her ...

  5. Timeline of aviation - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of aviation history, and a list of more detailed aviation timelines. The texts in the diagram are clickable links to articles. The texts in the diagram are clickable links to articles.

  6. History of aviation - Wikipedia

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    The history of aviation spans over two millennia, from the earliest innovations like kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight in powered, heavier-than-air jet aircraft. Kite flying in China, dating back several hundred years BC, is considered the earliest example of man-made flight. [ 1 ]

  7. Timeline of aviation in the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    30 January – Thomas Scott Baldwin makes the first parachute jump in the western United States at San Francisco from a tethered balloon owned by Park Van Tassel and using a parachute co-invented with Park Van Tassel. [60] 1888. Wölfert flies a petrol powered dirigible at Seelburg, the first use of a petrol-fuelled engine for aviation purposes.

  8. Members of Congress commemorate D-Day with their own ... - AOL

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    A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from the House of Representatives is preparing for a commemorative parachute jump at Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the historic assault that ...

  9. Parachuting - Wikipedia

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    The oldest civilian parachute club in the world is The Irish Parachute Club, founded in 1956 by Freddie Bond and located in Clonbullogue, Co. Offaly, Ireland. [65] The oldest civilian parachute club in the USA is The Peninsula Skydivers Skydiving Club, founded in 1962 by Hugh Bacon Bergeron, located in West Point, VA, [66]