Template:Did you know nominations/Adeline Gray (parachutist)
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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 14:49, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
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Adeline Gray (parachutist)
- ... that Adeline Gray was the first person to jump using a nylon parachute? "She was the first person to test the nylon parachute, and it brought her nationwide fame." from: Eschner, Kat (June 6, 2017). "Meet the Daredevil Parachutist Who Tested the First Nylon Parachute 75 Years Ago". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ALT1:... that as a child Adeline Gray jumped from her hayloft with an umbrella as a parachute? "Back home in Oxford, I used to take an umbrella and jump off the hayloft holding it over my head like a parachute" from: Eschner, Kat (June 6, 2017). "Meet the Daredevil Parachutist Who Tested the First Nylon Parachute 75 Years Ago". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final
- Comment: There's a free image in the article but it isn't great
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:01, 14 April 2021 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, interesting, QPQ provided, hook in article and followed by citation to hook fact. FYI Comment- nylon history is interesting...I once wrote on this surgeon who used his nylon (new at the time) shirt sleeve as a blood vessel graft and the patient survived 9 years. Whispyhistory (talk) 11:59, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
