Franz Reichelt, the Flying Tailor, seemed to be pretty sure he could fly when, in 1912, he tried testing a wingsuit he designed himself. By jumping from the Eiffel Tower. He could not fly.
Holy shit I was not prepared to see a dude fall to his death. I thought for sure it was just a glitz reel filmed the day before his failed attempt at flying
Franz Reichelt, the Flying Tailor, seemed to be pretty sure he could fly when, in 1912, he tried testing a wingsuit he designed himself. By jumping from the Eiffel Tower. He could not fly.
It looks exactly as stupid as I thought.
I had a similar genius idea involving a bunk bed when I was 5.
It looks like he just wrapped himself up in a camping blanket like it’s a cape, but with a vampire-style oversized collar
Holy shit I was not prepared to see a dude fall to his death. I thought for sure it was just a glitz reel filmed the day before his failed attempt at flying
How Thomas Wayne actually died
Some crazy person eventually got their fancy wing suit to actually work eventually.