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Parachute-by Leonardo Da Vinci. The first parachute (. ) had been imagined and sketched by Leonardo Da Vinci in the 15th century. It's hard to believe something as modern as a parachute could be invented over 500 years ago. Leonardo's parachute design consists of sealed linen cloth held open by a pyramid of wooden poles, about seven metres long.
It was on November 12, 1906, when Santos-Dumont flew a kite-like contraption with boxy wings called the 14-Bis some 722 feet (220 meters) on the outskirts of Paris. It being the first public flight in the world, he was hailed as the inventor of the airplane all over Europe. It was only later that the secretive Orville and Wilbur Wright proved they had beaten Santos-Dumont at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, three years earlier on December 17.