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In 1918, Floyd Smith, a pilot, filed a patent application for the first parachute that incorporated a manually operated rip cord. Learn more about his story in the #JourneysofInnovation series from @uspto: https://t.co/V7HuMuAW4t #Innovation https://t.co/Xxpwtd0mVs — PolitiTweet.org