Parachute Birthday: history and facts

1. On June 3, 1785 (exactly 237 years ago), the French balloonist Francois Blanchard designed the world's first parachute.

2. The inventor did not use his own discovery personally, the first jumps were made by a dog and a ram. The animals landed safely.

3. The first person jumped with this invention only in October 1797. The balloon jump from a height of 400 meters was the first in Europe.

4. The first attempts to design a parachute were made by the genius Leonardo da Vinci and the French physicist Lenormand.

5. In Russia, the jetpack parachute was invented by Gleb Kotelnikov in 1912.

6. "Parachute" is a Greek-French word ("pair" - against, "shute" - fall).