I have always wanted to skydive!  Have you done it?
No I haven't and don't think I ever will, I have a fear of heights and parachuting requires you to be pretty high up in the air!
Oh!  That would be no good than.  I would just want to try it once.  What are the parachutes made out of?
Originally they were made of silk, now they're most commonly made of light, strong nylon.
Silk!  I would not have guessed that!  When was the first successful jump?
It was actually way back in October of 1797 if you can believe that!
Wow!  What did the jump out of?
The man actually jumped out of a hydrogen balloon above Paris, what a dare devil.
Talk about brave!  I imagine people where amazed!  What was his name?
That man was Andre-Jacques Garnerin, the inventor of the parachute not surprisingly.