 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna April 1914, pashure pokunge mudzimai wake asvika pedyo nokufa nokudonha ari pamutsetse, Smith akashanda kuti avandudze magadzirirwo epa parachute. Patent, yakapiwa kuFloyd Smith Aerial Equipment Company yeSan Diego, California, yakaiswa pana July 27, 1918 uye yakapiwa pana May 18, 1920 nokuda kweparachute yaSmith. Muna September 1918, General 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 mugadziri wemotokari Guy Ball kuchikwata chake chevarume vaviri. Pashure peWWI Armistice, Chikwata chaSmith chakatungamirwa naMajor EL Hoffman uyo akawedzera vamwe vanhu vakati wandei kusanganisira: Floyd Smith, Guy Ball, show-jumper Harry Eibe, Army parachutist Ralph Bottreil, mainjiniya James Russell naJimmy 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 parachute inotungamirirwa nemvura kuti ibetsere mukushandiswa kweparachute huru. 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. 