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44. Parachuting
The History of...
English - June 19, 2021 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBHistory Society & Culture short history history nuggets quick history 10 minute history hustory trivia robert lakatosh the beach boys Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Who in their right mind would jump from thousands of feet in hopes of being caught by some cords and fabric? Turns out people have been doing it for centuries.
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Resources:
Da Vinci’s Parachute
About the first parachute jump
An early history of the harness parachute
A summary of parachuting in WWI & WWII