 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna September 1918, Mukuru Mukuru Billy Mitchell akarayira kuti boka riongorore parachuti dzaiwanika uye riwane yakanakisisa. Mitchell akasarudza Glenn Martin mutyairi wendege anoedza uye aimbova mutyairi wedare rinobhururuka Floyd Smith. Smith akawedzera makanika wemotokari Guy M. Ball kuchikwata chake chevarume vaviri. Pashure peWWI Armistice, Chikwata chaSmith chakauya pasi pekutungamira kwaMajor Hoffman uyo akaumba Parachute Board achiwedzera vamwe vanhu vakati wandei kusanganisira: Floyd Smith, Guy Ball, show-jumper Harry Eibe, Army parachutist Sgt Ralph Bottreil, mainjiniya James M. Russell naJames J. Higgins. Chikwata chakanga chichangobva kugadziriswazve chakaedza magadzirirwo eparashute 17 kusanganisira: magadzirirwo emutsetse wekumira eBroadwick, Stevens, Ors, Kiefer Kline, Otto Heinecke, Leslie Irvin, Omaha Tent Company, naFloyd Smith. Miedzo yokutanga, ichishandisa zvidhori, yakasarudza kugadzirwa kweparachuti yaFloyd Smith. Iyi gadziriro yakakunda yakavandudzwazve ndokubatanidza mavara makuru muType A parachute: bhegi rakapfava rinopfekwa pamusana; tambo yokudzura kuti ishandise parachute; uye chitubu chinobetsera mutyairi kuti abetsere mukubudiswa kukuru kweparachute. Major Hoffman wechiConservative nevamwe vaidavira kuti kudonha kwakasununguka kwaiva nengozi uye kuti munhu aigona kudonha angarasikirwa nokuziva asati adhonza tambo yokuparadzanisa. Vatyairi vecircus vaisimuka mumhepo Floyd Smith naLeslie Irvin vakakurudzira Hoffman kuti aedze Type A naIrvin achizvipira kusvetuka uye Smith achityaira bvunzo. 