My grandmother, Nellie Gibson, was the first British woman to parachute from a plane in the U.K. She used to work for Everard Richard Calthrop and was friends with Professor William Newell. They jumped at air shows together. One of the Guardian Angel patents shows my grandmother with parachute. She was lucky to survive one jump when the chute snagged on the plane and tore. She landed in the middle of a football match. I have the newspaper cutting describing the incident and loads of photos. The historical record needs updating to include her among first achievers.
