 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure peWWI Armistice, Major E. L. Hoffman weArmy Air Service akatungamirira nhamburiko yokugadzira parachuti yakavandudzwa yokubva mundege kupfurikidza nokubatanidza zvinhu zvakanakisisa zvemiitiro yakawanda yeparachuti. Vakwikwidzi vaisanganisira Irvin naJames Floyd Smith. Chikwata chacho chakaedza kugadzirwa kwemaparachuti 17 pachishandiswa zvidhori zvokuedza. Migumisiro yacho yaifarira magadzirirwo eparachuti yaSmith ayo kambani yake, Floyd Smith Aerial Equipment Company yeSan Diego, California, yakaisa patent nokuda kwaayo pana July 27, 1918. Kugadzirwa kwaSmith kwakavandudzwazve uye pakupedzisira akagadzira parachute yendege Type-A. 