History of Parachuting: From da Vinci to Ram-air Parachutes

Find out how we went from a few sketches of parachutes to round parachutes to ram-air parachutes. And, you may just be surprised at how influential women were in this story!
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Soviet Airborne Operations: militaryhistorynow.com/2013/0...
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[@MrSportsterbob]

Excellent presentation. Very accurate. Thank you.

[@Skydivefundamentals]

Thanks so much!

[@ameliadiaz8040]

MENTAL NOTE: Para is Latin for "to prevent", not Greek.

[@Skydivefundamentals]

Thanks for commenting! "Para" is from Ancient Greek, but was also used in Latin. Since the guy who coined the term "parachute" was French, perhaps we should give the nod to Latin. 😀

[@johnvlahos5299]

You are completely wrong