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Google Doodles First Parachute Jump



by Rutu Ladage , IndiaTimes | October 22, 2013, 1:00 pm IST

Its the 216th anniversary of the first parachute jump and Google is celebrating the vent with an innovative, interactive doodle.

Google Doodles are created to celebrate some important event or for the celebration of an achievement. The doodles which are often interactive add an element of fun and thrill to the otherwise colourfully static Google logo.

Todays doodle, in honour of Andre-Jacques Garnerin highlights his achievement. Andre-Jacques Garnerin invented the frameless parachute and successfully completed his jump on October 22, 1797 at Parc Monceau, Paris. He made his first jump using a silk parachute which was approximately 7 m in diameter. The silk parachute was shaped like an umbrella and initially resembled a closed umbrella when he began his ascent. The closed umbrella had a pole running down its centre and a rope running through a tube in the pole, which connected it to the balloon. Garnerin rode in a basket attached to the bottom of the parachute. On reaching the desired height, Garnerin severed the rope that connected his parachute to the balloon. He had an uneventful descent.

More than his first parachute jump, Garnerins decision to let a female accompany him on one of the flights created much sensation. While initially he was not granted permission for the same, the decision was overruled on the basis that "there was no more scandal in seeing two people of different sexes ascend in a balloon than it is to see them jump into a carriage."

Andre-Jacques Garnerin was appointed as the Official Aeronaut of France. His death was traqgic and untimely. Garnerin was hit by a beam while making a balloon at one of his construction sites in Paris on 18 August 1823.

Todays Doodle highlights the achievement of this adventurer. You can play the doodle and by clicking the balloon or pressing the right/left keyboard arrow keys, change the direction and help Garnerin land safely at different locations.

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