Death Jump

icebreaker

icebreaker

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A hundred years ago, Franz Reichelt invented the wearable parachute.
Unfortunately for him, his design need some extra little tweaking.
At first, I thought it was amusing; then I realised how incredibly brave these early aerial pioneers were. Incredibly brave -- and incredibly naive.

The period film of Reichelt's folly is just 1min30s long.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/death-jump-eiffel-tower
 
Yes, he goes SPLAT on the ground making a six-inch hole.
Clearly, his parachute had a couple of dedign-flaws. :(

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but like tom and jerry ..What a plank

The one i feel sorry for is the woman who did a jump onto an airfield. Unfortunately just as a helicopter was starting up

Not a great way to go.

Must have taken ages finding all the bits too
 
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