Stefan Banic
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About
Inventor who the military commissioned to create the first parachute to be actively used.
Before fame
He created a parachute prototype after witnessing a plane crash in 1912.
Trivia
He donated his patent to the U.S. Army.
Family life
He was born in a part of Austria-Hungary that is now Slovakia.
Associated with
He was an inventor like Hiram Maxim.
