| CIA NOTABLE FLIGHTS | Part B, Parachute jumps |
| 1797-10-22 | First parachute descent from a balloon. |
| | André Jacques Garnerin | Hydrogen balloon |
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| 1804-07-24 | First pilot to save his life by parachute. |
| | Jordaki Kuparentko |
| | Balloon caught fire over Warsaw. |
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| 1815-08-25 | First woman parachutist. Elisa Garnerin |
| | Elisabeth Garnerin | Hydrogen balloon |
| | Elisa Garnerin. ascends at Champ de Mars. Paris |
| | May have been (only) a balloon flight. not parachute jump |
| 1837-07-24 | Robert Cocking killed in parachute descent. |
| | Charles Green | "Royal Nassau". ex "Royal Vauxhall". |
| | Balloon exceeded 23 000 ft (7 100 m) |
| | Edward Spencer |
| 1919-07-06 | First Atlantic crossing by airship (1st east-west by any aircraft). |
| | George Herbert Scott. Major | Beardmore HMA R34. Hydrogen |
| | East Fortune (UK) July 2nd - Mineola. Long Island. NY. July 6th. |
| | Distance is the total ground distance covered | 29. one (Mj Pritchard) arriving USA by parachute |
| 1927-05-04 | Altitude flight. |
| | Hawthorne Gray | Army S-40-241 |
| | Pilot left by parachute. Record denied |
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| 1931-08-05 | Made her last balloon flight. 63 years old. |
| | Käte Paulus |
| | Made 510 balloon flights 1868-1935 |
| | Made 150 parachute jumps from balloon |
| 1934-07-28 | Stratosphere flight. |
| | William Elsworth Kepner | "Explorer". Hydrogen |
| | Fails at 60 000 ft. All parachute safely. Launch from Stratobowl. Rapid City |
| | Orvil A Anderson. Albert W. Stevens |
| 1959-11-16 | High altitude parachute jump. |
| | Joseph W. Kittinger | "Excelsior I" |
| | White Sands. New Mexico. |
| | Kittinger lost consciousness due to rotation |
| 1959-12-11 | High altitude parachute jump. |
| | Joseph W. Kittinger | "Excelsior II" |
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| 1960-08-16 | Highest known successful parachute jump. |
| | Joseph W. Kittinger | "Excelsior III" |
| | 4m 38s free fall (13m 45s total). max descent speed 990 km/h |
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| 1966-02-02 | Altitude flight. |
| | Nicholas Piantanida | Raven |
| | Oxygen problem. Gondola descended by parachute |
| | Pilot unable to connect parachute oxygen cylinder |
| 1966-05-01 | Altitude flight. |
| | Nicholas Piantanida | Raven |
| | Pilot parachutes. looses oxygen at 17000m. Dies from hypoxia |
| | Highest known manned ascent |
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