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The first free-fall parachute jump using a backpack was made

On the 19^th April, 1919, Leslie Leroy Irvin made the first free-fall parachute jump, using a rip cord to deploy the parachute from a backpack rather than from the aircraft itself.

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The first free-fall parachute jump using a backpack was made

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