This Day in History:
April 28, 1919
Leslie Irvin completes the first free-fall parachute jump over McCook Field, Dayton, OH, to prove that one will not lose consciousness during a delayed free-fall. He used a manually operated parachute.
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This Day in History:
April 28, 1919
Leslie Irvin completes the first free-fall parachute jump over McCook Field, Dayton, OH, to prove that one will not lose consciousness during a delayed free-fall. He used a manually operated parachute.