Franz Reichelt
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title:
Franz Reichelt
text:
Franz Karl Reichelt, also known as Henry François Reichelt after his French naturalization, was an Austro-Hungarian-born French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor, who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design. Reichelt had become fixated on developing a suit for aviators that would convert into a parachute and allow them to survive a fall should they be forced to leave t
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French parachuting pioneer (1878–1912)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reichelt
date created:
2006-05-08T20:34:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T11:50:57Z
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