On February 4th, 1912, Franz Reichelt tested his new design for a compact wearable parachute by jumping from the Eiffel Tower. His parachute failed to deploy, and he fell 57 meters to his death.
On February 4th, 1912, Franz Reichelt tested his new design for a compact wearable parachute by jumping from the Eiffel Tower. His parachute failed to deploy, and he fell 57 meters to his death.
Pretty cool! Proper Idea!, you gotta see what works or doesnt..
AcademicToe2486 on
Sacrifices were made.
ButteredNun on
He has the look of a man thinking “Well, I’ve come this far so I might as well go through with it”
RobZagnut2 on
The man who invented jogging died of a heart attack while jogging.
TranceAndCoffee78 on
Well, you know what they say, if at first you don’t succeed…skydiving is not for you
Brilliant-Yogurt540 on
Only 57 meters and he died, unlucky.
dwamny on
Fuckin hilarious.
GISS22 on
This where you guys got idea of flying through canyons with some kind wingy suit giving me anxiety? Still have to watch though.
PanicDeus on
Before the incident the Eiffel Tower was called *Le Tour de Paris*. After the incident it was renamed *I Fell Tower* or the way the French pronounce it – *Eiffel Tower*.
StewTrue on
He could have just put a dummy in the suit and dropped it from above
The cops even measured the depth of the crater where he landed.
Pasta-hobo on
Ironically, he died because didn’t jump from high enough.
dwehlen on
This was a man of culture, rationale, and commitment!
farimbabwe on
Some call it foolish but I call it progress
Popular_Ad8269 on
It was filmed (not graphic, over 100 years ago, but it’s still the death of a man, so viewer discretion etc… ) : [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2l8at2](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2l8at2)
The text reads : “As if he had foreseen his horrible fate, the poor inventor hesitated a long time before leaping into the void below.”
biggie_way_smaller on
Dumbass
berry_swisher41 on
Maybe it was a suicide and just said, he’s got to test a parachute…one never really knows what goes on in anyone’s mind at any time.
Percolator2020 on
Well that sounds like BASE jumping, with fewer steps.
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Pretty cool! Proper Idea!, you gotta see what works or doesnt..
Sacrifices were made.
He has the look of a man thinking “Well, I’ve come this far so I might as well go through with it”
The man who invented jogging died of a heart attack while jogging.
Well, you know what they say, if at first you don’t succeed…skydiving is not for you
Only 57 meters and he died, unlucky.
Fuckin hilarious.
This where you guys got idea of flying through canyons with some kind wingy suit giving me anxiety? Still have to watch though.
Before the incident the Eiffel Tower was called *Le Tour de Paris*. After the incident it was renamed *I Fell Tower* or the way the French pronounce it – *Eiffel Tower*.
He could have just put a dummy in the suit and dropped it from above
Darwin wins again
If anyone wants to see it, there is actual footage of this happening. [Link](https://youtu.be/DgAJT-1rOMc?si=RSoUSdkslKev1cAl)
og batman
He died of embarrassment.
Was he drunk?
Natural selection
The cops even measured the depth of the crater where he landed.
Ironically, he died because didn’t jump from high enough.
This was a man of culture, rationale, and commitment!
Some call it foolish but I call it progress
It was filmed (not graphic, over 100 years ago, but it’s still the death of a man, so viewer discretion etc… ) : [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2l8at2](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2l8at2)
The text reads : “As if he had foreseen his horrible fate, the poor inventor hesitated a long time before leaping into the void below.”
Dumbass
Maybe it was a suicide and just said, he’s got to test a parachute…one never really knows what goes on in anyone’s mind at any time.
Well that sounds like BASE jumping, with fewer steps.