Olga and Tatiana Romanov, via historyfan
Franz Reichelt made his living as a tailor but spent his free time working on a flying parachute suit designed to be worn by airplane pilots. Airplanes were a relatively new invention and the mechanics of how a pilot would escape a damaged plane were still being worked out. Reichelt’s first tests were performed using dummies and were successful enough for himto test the suit himself, which he did by jumping off the lower level of the Eiffel Tower. The 187-foot fall onto frozen ground killed him instantly.
7 inventors killed by their inventions (via mothernaturenetwork)
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