Andre-Jacques Garnerin debuted the modern parachute 216 years ago today. Oct. 22, 2013— -- It's hard to associate parachutes with anything but people skydiving from airplanes. But the first ...
The answer is probably yes, but I hope it’s no. Allow me to explain. On March 1, 1912, U.S. Army Captain Albert Berry took off from Kinloch Field aboard a primitive Benoist biplane. As it neared ...
You may not have realized this, but the first modern parachute was invented over a century before the Wright brothers conducted their first successful take off. Tuesday's Google Doodle paid tribute to ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
(UPI) -- Google's interactive doodle for Tuesday is a sweetly animated tribute to the very first parachute jump in history. Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin invented the frameless parachute, using a ...