Frameless parachute
Paracaídas sin armazón
- Date
- 1797 · confidence high
- Place
- Paris (Parc Monceau), France
- Credited to
- André-Jacques Garnerin (precedent of Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Montpellier, 1783)
- People
- 👤 André Jacques Garnerin1769–1823
- Field
- Movement
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
The first jump with a frameless silk parachute from a balloon at 900 m, on 22 October 1797. It demonstrated controlled descent from the air.
Lenormand jumped with a rigid parachute from a tower in Montpellier in 1783; Garnerin made the first high-altitude jump with a flexible parachute.
What it led to
- Aeronautical shows and sport parachuting
- Aviation parachutes (1910s) and airborne troops
- Space capsule recovery systems
Built on
- Hot-air and hydrogen balloon1783
- Drawings by Leonardo and Fausto Veranzio
- Lenormand's jump (1783)
Made possible
- Aviation parachute
- Military parachuting