In 1918 the German air service introduced a parachute designed by Unteroffizier Otto Heinecke , an airship ground crewman .
In 1918 the German air service thus became the world 's first , and at the time only , air service to introduce a standard parachute .
In 1918 the German air service introduced a parachute designed by Unteroffizier Otto Heinecke , an airship ground crewman , and thus became the world 's first , and at the time only , air service to introduce a standard parachute .