André-Jacques Garnerin, the first parachute jump
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History of André-Jacques Garnerin, the first parachute jump
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André-Jacques Garnerin, was born in Paris. He was captured by British troops during the first phase of the Napoleonic Wars 1792–1797, turned over to the Austrians and held a prisoner in Buda in Hungary for three years.
André-Jacques Garnerin, Ballooning
André-Jacques Garnerin, a student of the ballooning pioneer professor Jacques Charles, was involved with the flight of hot air balloons, and worked with his brother Jean-Baptiste-Olivier Garnerin (1766–1849) in most of his ballooning activities. Eventually he was appointed Official Aeronaut of France.
André-Jacques Garnerin, Parachuting
André-Jacques Garnerin, began experiments with early parachutes based on umbrella-shaped devices and carried out the first parachute descent (in the gondola) with asilk parachute on 22 October 1797 at Parc Monceau, Paris (1st Brumaire, Year VI of the Republican calendar). Garnerin's first parachute resembled a closed umbrella before he ascended, with a pole running down its center and a rope running through a tube in the pole, which connected it to the balloon.
André-Jacques Garnerin Death
André-Jacques Garnerin died in a construction accident when he was hit by a beam while making a balloon in Paris.