"Sa moustache a défié la gravité, son corps n'a pas." In the year 1912, Franz Reichelt, known (inaccurately) as the “Flying Tailor”, leaped from the Eiffel Tower to test a garment of his own invention ...

JAN 4, 1912: Reckless inventor Franz Reichelt was filmed jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower after testing the world’s first parachute suit on this day in 1912. The 33-year-old Austrian-born ...

On February 4th 1912 Franz Reichelt attempted to test his latest invention — a parachute jacket — at the Eiffel Tower. He donned his apparatus and tentatively stepped to the edge of the viewing deck.

Franz Reichelt—AKA “The Flying Tailor”—was an Austrian-born tailor living in France during the early 1900s, and is credited with pioneering an entirely wearable parachute suit that looked less like a ...

In February 1912, tailor and inventor Franz Reichelt climbed the Eiffel Tower to test a parachute suit of his own design. Officials believed he would use a mannequin, but Reichelt insisted on jumping ...