[1] In 1895, he made his first parachute jump from a church spire in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

[2] Stevens also played a key role in the development of safety features for parachutes.

[1] He participated in the Gordon Bennett Cup balloon races, and flew one of the first dirigibles in the United States in 1906.

On July 8, 1911, he ascended in a balloon from the Wanamaker's store in New York City, heading toward Philadelphia, but got lost in some fog and landed in West Nyack, New York.

The National Air and Space Museum houses the Leo Stevens Glass Plate Photography Collection, 1900-1915.