Thursday, 21 June 2012

First free-fall jump from a plane - June 21, 1914


Thanks to earlyaviators.com


On June 21, 1914, Miss Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick, demonstrates air-jumping techniques to the US Army in San Diego, CA, by pulling her release manually and becoming the first person to make an intentional free-fall parachute jump from an airplane. (Thanks to northnet.org.)

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