This Ex-Trapeze Artist Made Parachutes Safer

Name: This Ex-Trapeze Artist Made Parachutes Safer
Uploaded: 2017-11-21
Duration: 182787
Description: Toward the end of WWI, it became clear to the U.S. government that pilots needed parachutes to better save their lives. So, they set up a crack team to come up with a practical and workable design.

Toward the end of WWI, it became clear to the U.S. government that pilots needed parachutes to better save their lives. So, they set up a crack team to come up with a practical and workable design. (03:02)