October the 22nd

Oct 22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Going back to 1797 when the modern parachute was born as Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the 1st human parachute descent from the air. Garnerin jumped from a hydrogen balloon at a height of 2,300 feet in Paris. (OTM)

Also, back in 1898... Augustus Herring piloted a powered biplane based on Octave Chanute's glider design. (AYY)

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Aicha Eugene is a Mechatronics Engineering student at JKUAT in Kenya. He is also a student member of the SAE.
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