1 100s- China people use hard umbrellas to jump down from heights for entertainment. Our predecessors can also use kites to throw bombs at the enemy from the air.
1495-LeonardoDaVinchi designed a conical parachute with four pieces of wood.
1595-FaustoVeranzio jumped from the tower in Venice with equipment made of wood and canvas.
1687- In Thailand, a court clown jumped from a height with two big umbrellas. The wind carried him to the roof, trees and nearby rivers. 1783-SebastianLenormand jumped off the tower with a parachute with a diameter of 14 feet.
1785—— The collared silk parachute was invented and designed by Japanese blanchard. He jumped off the balloon and broke his leg.
1797-AndreGarnerin made several high-altitude jumps, once exceeding 8,000 feet in London.
1800s More high-altitude jumps use different designs, including inverted cone design.
1887-the first parachute safety belt was invented.
1903- The Wright brothers made their first powered flight.
19 1 1- the pilot's parachute was invented-the parachute was pulled out of the parachute bag. The first free fall is completed.
19 13- the first gliding parachute was invented, but its further development was cancelled due to World War I. ..
After the parachute rope of1914-tinybroadwichs was caught by the plane,
She cut the rope during the second parachute jump and pulled it up by herself-the first manned parachute was born. 1929- A triangular wing has been patented.
1930-Russians held the first debate on landing accuracy.
1932- Americans try to improve accuracy.
194 1- The Germans landed in Crete, Greece 14000 paratroopers.
1948- federal aviation international was formally established.
1948-DrFrancisRogallo & amp； The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States has developed a triangular flexible kite.
1954-FredMason inserted the T-frame into the wing cloth to give it forward power, and applied for a patent.
1960-captchoverkittinger fell from a balloon 102000 feet high and reached a speed of 702 miles per hour during the free fall. 1961-tompurcelljr was dragged on a Rogelo kite in America.
196 1- the ascending parachute came out, and the traction parachute began to appear.
1962-the pilot parachute was invented. Pilot parachutes with holes everywhere.
1962-JohnDickinson drives a Rogalo recovery paraglider.
The parachutes in the late 1960s were all designed on the basis of the parachutes recovered by Rogalo.
1964-The first square parachute was invented by DominaJalbert of Florida.
1968-hang gliding was invented by Steve Snyder of America.
1968- running to take off the parachute on the calm lake shore. Flight magazine reported the story.
1969-The glider was invented by Steve Snyder.
1970-TheRamAirCanopy became an industrial standard.
1973- British paragliding club was established after the British paragliding organization withdrew its support.
1970s-hang gliding has become very popular. 1980s- In the Alps of France and Switzerland, some gliders began to take off from the hillside in imitation of hang gliders.
There is a man named Gerald Williams in England. He is a hang glider. When others reach the top of the mountain, they can see his wings flapping to the ground. At this time, his companions were very surprised and muttered that they would never catch up with him.
1980s- 1990s paraglider is improved from skydiving-providing suitable gliding. This design makes the wing taller, the air chamber narrower and the umbrella longer. The accelerator was invented. It is placed in front of the belt assembly and pulled down to give the umbrella more momentum.
1992 British hang gliding association and British paragliding club merged into British hang gliding and paragliding association.