First silk parachute

Reason: A schematic for the first successful human descent by a frameless silk parachute. A bit similar to a current featured picture; this version has more than 10 times the resolution and illustrates both before and after deployment. Restored version of Image:First parachute.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: André-Jacques Garnerin, Parc Monceau, parachute
Creator: Unknown artist; comes from the Tissandier collection at the Library of Congress

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 22:02, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The caption at the bottom presumably describes the three figures, but is in French. It should be translated into English on the image page as a matter of course, and because it's not entirely clear what each image is showing. I for one aren't too clear on the middle image for starters, as it looks quite different to the modern use of a parachute, it's not explained on the image page, and doesn't seem to be explained anywhere in the article/s. The articles suggest he jumped out of a balloon, by which I'd assume the basket, but this looks like the parachute was in some way cut loose or separated from a free floating balloon while he remained in the basket, which is clearly not the same as jumping from a balloon. Hmm, something needs fixing... --jjron (talk) 14:27, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Translation F1 Parachute canopy. F2 Parachute folded at take-off. F3 Parachute deployed at separation from balloon. (Could probably be improved...) Stevage 10:11, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - needs to be added to the image page though, unless someone comes up with an improved version. Probably confirms what I thought I was seeing, but as I said above it doesn't gel with the mentions of this event in the articles, as he's not 'jumping' from the balloon. --jjron (talk) 13:15, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll have a look at the article text and seek additional sourcing. Did about 350 miles of driving yesterday (500km) so have been pretty busy off-wiki. Thanks for your help, Stevage, and for your patience, Jjron. Durova^Charge! 23:52, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My reading of the caption is that the parachute was attached to the bottom of a balloon, then released. Stevage 02:12, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've found three sources that support this depiction as correct, and expanded the article citing the most detailed of the three. Also added English translation of the French captions to the image hosting page. Durova^Charge! 01:36, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support very good historical illistration, my reading of the image is the first view is from above, second is the ascending configuration and the third is the decending configuration. Gnan garra 04:27, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good restoration of picture with good EV.Terri G (talk) 13:25, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Nicely restored, interesting with EV. Maedin\^talk 20:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:First parachute2.jpg --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:27, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]