Gleb Yevgenyevich Kotelnikov (Russian: Глеб Евгеньевич Котельников; January 30 [O.S. January 18] 1872 – 22 November 1944) was a Russian and Soviet inventor of the knapsack parachute (first in the hard casing and then in the soft pack), and braking parachute.
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