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Franz Reichelt
Franz Reichelt, also known as Frantz Reichelt or François Reichelt, was an Austro-Hungarian-born French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor. He is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design, a device that today might be called a wingsuit. Reichelt had become fixated on developin…
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science · French parachuting pioneer (1878–1912) · tailor · inventor · design engineer · skydiver · also Franz Reichelt, Franz Karl Reichelt, Henry François Reichelt, Reichelt, Franz, Reichelt
Born 16 October 1878 · Died 4 February 1912 · Q112070
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2026· 2 entries
DiePresse: Als Franz Reichelt vom Eiffelturm sprang
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2024· 1 entry
Moviefone: Franz Reichelt’s Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower (1912) - Where to Watch
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2009· 1 entry
Mentioned that an autopsy allegedly concluded that Reichelt had died of a heart attack during his fall
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2005· 1 entry
After losing his canopy while attempting a promotional jump for a clothing firm – the first parachuting death at the tower since Reichelt
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1912· 2 entries
Died 1912-02-04.
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But when he arrived at the tower on 4 February he made it clear that he intended to jump personally rather than conduct an experiment with dummies
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1911· 2 entries
That Reichelt had personally jumped from a height of 8 to 10 metres (26 to 33 ft) at Joinville; the attempt failed but a pile of straw helped him escape injury
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A Colonel Lalance wrote to the Aéro-Club de France, offering a prize of 10,000 francs for a safety parachute for aviators – double the prize he had offered the year before
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1909· 1 entry
Adopting the first name François (the French equivalent of the Germanic "Franz")
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1878· 1 entry
Born 1878-10-16.
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