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1 First parachute jump?  





2 File:First parachute2.jpg to appear as POTD soon  
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3 Apocryphal story about boy and hole?  
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4 "Napoleonic wars"  
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5 External links modified  
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6 Primary Unit  
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Talk:André-Jacques Garnerin




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First parachute jump?

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Does anyone know whether the first parachute jump was done from a hot-air balloon or a hydrogen balloon? There seem to be conflicting reports on the web

File:First parachute2.jpg to appear as POTD soon

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Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:First parachute2.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on October 22, 2010. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2010-10-22. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng {chat} 21:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

André-Jacques Garnerin's parachute

Aschematic depiction of the first successful frameless parachute, invented by André-Jacques Garnerin (1769–1823). On October 22, 1797, Garnerin rode in a basket hanging from the parachute, which was attached to the bottom of a hot air balloon (centre). At a height of approximately 3,000 feet (910 m), he severed the rope that connected his parachute to the balloon. The basket swung during descent, then bumped and scraped when it landed, but Garnerin emerged uninjured.Artist: Unknown; Restoration: Lise Broer

Apocryphal story about boy and hole?

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I read when at school a piece of text about Garnerin's parachute. The story went that his first parachute was very unstable in descent. Amongst the crowd witnessing his jump was a small boy who suggested that a hole be put in the canopy. The crowd fell around laughing at him, but Garnerin didn't.

I can't find anything on the Internet about this story. Does anyone know whether it is true, or have a reference?

JBel (talk) 06:38, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Napoleonic wars"

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Somebody should look at the linked page to learn when those wars happened! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.139.115.186 (talk) 11:55, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Primary Unit

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As this article is about a French person, the primary unit should be SI per Wikipedia Manual of Style. Avi8tor (talk) 05:03, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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