Leslie Irvin (parachutist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leslie Irvin (parachutist)

American parachutist

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1895

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: 09-Oct-1966

Profession: engineer, entrepreneur, stunt performer, aircraft pilot

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Leslie Leroy Irvin (September 10, 1895 – October 9, 1966) made the first premeditated free-fall parachute jump in 1919.
Irvin was born in Los Angeles.
He became a stunt-man for the fledgling Californian film industry, for which he had to perform acrobatics on trapezes from balloons and then make descents using a parachute.
Irvin made his first jump when aged fourteen.
For a film called Sky High, he first jumped from an aircraft from 1,000 feet in 1914.
He developed his own static line parachute as a life-saving device in 1918 and jumped with it several times.