German Kete Paulus invented a folding parachute. She went
down in history as one of the first female paratroopers.In 1911 the Russian military GE Kotelnikov invented a fundamentally new parachute of the RK-1 type. Kotelnikov's parachute was compact. Its dome is made of silk, the slings were divided into 2 groups and fastened to the shoulder girths of the suspension system. The dome and slings fit into a wooden, and later aluminum satchel. Later, in 1923, Kotelnikov proposed a knapsack for laying a parachute, made in the form of an envelope with honeycombs for lines. After the revolution, the first, forced jump from the plane was performed June 23, 1927 test pilot MM Gromov, later Hero of the Soviet Union.