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Operations => Aerospace Education => Topic started by: Eclipse on October 22, 2013, 09:34:20 PM

Title: Google Doodle Honors 216th Anniversary of First Parachute Jump
Post by: Eclipse on October 22, 2013, 09:34:20 PM
With a playable mini-game.

(http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article8895041.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/doodle-v2.jpg)

http://www.google.com/doodles/216th-anniversary-of-the-first-parachute-jump (http://www.google.com/doodles/216th-anniversary-of-the-first-parachute-jump)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Jacques_Garnerin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Jacques_Garnerin)
Title: Re: Google Doodle Honors 16th Anniversary of First Parachute Jump
Post by: lordmonar on October 22, 2013, 09:48:52 PM
16th ????

Maybe 160th.  :)
Title: Re: Google Doodle Honors 216th Anniversary of First Parachute Jump
Post by: Eclipse on October 22, 2013, 09:57:17 PM
Fixed. - 216th.
Title: Re: Google Doodle Honors 216th Anniversary of First Parachute Jump
Post by: NIN on October 22, 2013, 10:05:53 PM
André-Jacques Garnerin, died when he was hit by a wooden beam while making a balloon.

Which just goes to prove that more skydivers are injured or killed while goofing off at the DZ than they are actually jumping...
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