This work is in the public domain (created 1912). Reverted to version as of 23:24, 18 September 2021 (UTC)Ĭonvert at higher quality to attempt to prevent pixelation. They then measure the depth of the hole in the frozen ground made by his fall (15 cm).Ĭlick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Police and others crowd around the body of Reichelt as it is carried away. At the age of 20, He moved to Paris and started his own dressmaking business. Era un sastre que por sus virtudes logr tener una numerosa clientela en la alta sociedad y cultiv una pasin. In July 1910, he started the development of a parachute suit. Seen from the base of the tower, Reichelt plummets straight down to his death. Franz Reichelt was born on 16 October 1878. Se llamaba Franz Reichelt, era austraco, y en 1898 se estableci en Pars. Franz Reichelt was an Austro-Hungarian-born French tailor who also tried his hand at inventing. The brink for some time, with false starts, back and forth, then jumps. Franz Reichelt, born 1879, was an Austrian-French inventor and parachuting pioneer. The Story of Franz Reichelt A Short Documentary Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror 1. One such case was that of Franz Reichelt. Updated: Mon 15:52 CET Franz Reichelt before his jump. Occasionally, embarrassing celebrity deaths (embarrassing though they may be) can actually add that to person’s fame and perhaps even define their legacy.

Reichelt stands on the rail of the first platform of the Eiffel Tower, Footage of Franz Reichelt jumping to his death. On February 4, 1912, to test a wearable parachute of his own design, he jumpedįranz Reichelt is first shown wearing the parachuteĪpparatus he designed and invented, before he ascends the Eiffel Tower. Franz Reichelt was a French tailor, an inventor as well as a parachuting specialist who jumped from the Eiffel Tower to test the parachute that he designed. Learn about the life and death of Franz Reichelt, the tailor who tested his homemade parachute suit on the Eiffel Tower in 1912 and died in a tragic accident. Gaumont newsreel footage, unused/unissued, of the fatal fall of Franz Reichelt from the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 4th February 1912.Īustrian-born Franz Reichelt was a French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer. Franz ReicheltAKA The Flying Tailorwas an Austrian-born tailor living in France during the early 1900s, and is credited with pioneering an entirely wearable parachute suit that looked.

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