Jeanne Labrosse
Jeanne-Geneviève Labrosse (* 1775 ; † 1847 ) was the first woman in the world to fly a balloon and take a parachute jump.
On November 10, 1798, she became the first woman in the world to fly a balloon .
On October 12, 1799, she was the first woman in the world to take a parachute jump from a height of 900 meters with the parachute developed by her husband.
Jeanne-Geneviève Labrosse was the wife of André-Jacques Garnerin , a pioneer in the development of the parachute .
See also
literature
- Jutta Rebmann : When a woman blew up. The story of the early female pilots. Stieglitz-Verlag, Mühlacker / Irdning 2001, ISBN 3-7987-0361-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ jjev: Geistesblitze: Am fiegen Schirm , in: Badische Zeitung , October 22, 2011, accessed on April 25, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Labrosse, Jeanne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Labrosse, Jeanne-Geneviève (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French skydiver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1775 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1847 |