Skydiving Fun Facts
Skydiving Fun Facts 1. Captain Kittinger recorded the highest skydive from a height of almost 102,800 feet, in 1960. Kittinger descended for almost 85,000 feet freefalling at a speed of 715 mph, before deploying his parachute. Update: In the desert surrounding
The History of Skydiving
While the use of parachutes dates all the way back to 1100 in China, the activity we call “skydiving” can be most directly linked to France in the late 18th century. Skydiving has come a long way from the beginning of parachuting, which dates all the way back