Eventhough parachutes seem to have been used in China since the 1100s and that Leonardo da Vinci of Italy had invented devices similar to parachutes nowadays, worldwide skydivers state that the French inventor André-Jacques Garnerin is the one to make the first parachute. In 1797 he jumped from a balloon over Paris using a parachute and kept on making other jumps in France and also in England.
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In World War I , that is between 1914 and 1918, the military began using parachutes in their missions
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Today we enjoy skydiving as a breathtaking leisure sport, but its origins lie within the army. The history books are chock full of dates and occurrences where skydiving has played an important part.
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Army skydiving had a big role to play in the Second World War, when paratroopers dropped into enemy zones to fight
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well, almost. More often than not, the minimum age requirement for skydiving is 18 years old. However, there are some places that allow 16-year olds to participate in the sport.
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First of all, if this is your first time sky diving, you will be given a lecture about the sport that would last for at least 4 hours.
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