Did the first parachute jump from a balloon happen before the Wright brothers’ first powered flight?
Yes. The first parachute jump (first made 1797) came 106 years before the Wright brothers’ first powered flight (happened 1903).
People jumped with parachutes 106 years before the first powered aeroplane flight.
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