Franz Reichelt - Eiffel Tower - Parachute Fail

[FunnyAsARubberCrutch]

François Reichelt French tailor inventor and parachuting pioneer "the Flying Tailor" is remembered for his death by jumping from the Eiffel Tower in a wearable parachute of his own design. Reichelt become fixated on developing a suit for aviators that would convert into a parachute allowing them to survive a fall should they be forced to leave their aircraft. Experiments conducted with dummies had been successful but he was unable to replicate those early successes with subsequent designs.

[gbortuhno]

thanks to cracked...

[ConnemaraBaby]

Medic

[ConnemaraBaby]

Samaritans ... lol

[Hamgamgo]

I would have to say that was a complete success.

[NTenshow]

rofl!

[CopyriteInfringement]

9/11

[allthegoodstuffsgone]

Reichelt: Really bro? You brought impact crater measuring gear? WTF guy?

Guy at the end: It's not that I think you won't make it bro, I need this for something else later...

[thechinaboy]

batman beta version

[ideoteqa]

1:22 ultima milesima de vida.

[GABRIELFERRYMAN123]

Poor guy. He can fly now. xD

[marwan59000]

D'oh

[TerrorbladeCooking]

Dont laugh!

He contribute himself to science.

[Yoshiki0hk0]

=.=

[ggyy167]

jackass 1912

[twistedtree01]

howcome they dont make these parachutes anymore ?

[twinstu50]

@twistedtree01

Because they do not work.

[atomed2]

Damn you gravity, you always win.

[ThatGuyInTheDenim]

Halfway down he must have thought, "Well this was a bad idea."

[TheAzmodeuz]

It's time to die...

[77thProductions]

Stupidity wins, FATALITY!!

[1Vella]

@janmorez he did try with dummies and they were successful apparently....

[secretname1000able]

@1Vella ya, but he didn't really test them from that high, plus I'm assuming his tests were less than adequately thorough enough to be worth risking life.

[AlexKadin]

LOL

[thegokartmozart]

I also got here from a list of weird deaths.

[bondifiedshawty]

#tf

[MrAssassinationer]

i got here from a list of wierd deaths

[Cruslite]

lol

[chada75]

And his famous last words, "Hold my beer and watch this".

[WukiSK8]

:))))

[tankguy1981]

What a dumbass.



[TriplexBountyHunter]

It'd be funnier if he was flapping his arms.

[prespa78]

In the end they were checking how deep he went in the growned,wooow Franz Reichelt had to be a big man with all that hole!

[RockStar67089]

@prespa78 5.9 inches.

[artbonvic]

шмяк

[genx1973]

Doh!

[TheWizardWeiss]

The word Epic Fail was created as a tribute for this video

[fenriz218]

If only I had a time machine! I would travel back, bring a copy of The Dark Knight, show Reichelt the scene where Batman kidnaps the chink and say, "now, look, this is what you're gonna do ..."

[lebanese996]

HHAHAHAGAGAHA loool he replaced himself with a dummy ROFL!!!!!!! I feel bad that im laughing ROFL

[CartoonOperatics93]

LOL Franz Reichelt was too dumb to live!

[DuFFMaN7D7]

must have been made my acme

[Yakita60]

@DuFFMaN7D7 I feel terrible for grinning at this comment. o.o

[ozorena]

sarkozy's unknown grandfather.. franz slept with the idiot's grandmother the night before this incident..

[sexta2]

que otário!

[calimantis]

This is much more enjoyable when you're playing ragtime in the background. It almost seems justified.

[baboydurot0]

Ahuh?



[irvykinneas]

bepy tszueno

[MDCAngryWalnut]

why the fuck would you want to walk around with a parachute on your back

[RustyHingesSqueak]

He should have flapped his arms,that was his mistake.

[Doused09]

I mean......... If ever there was a time for the phrase "What did you THINK was going to happen??"..... This was it!

[SkaLiBuRs]

Es mejor simular primero D:

[tmattrope]

Of course a video like this leads to DISGUSTING crud posting "I wanna laugh"...typical. You won't laugh at your own funerals. But I will say this may that did this jump was an idiot.

[Vaiqualquernick]

Epic fail.

[ziiman1]

In the final analysis it was simply "a man jumping off a ledge in a big coat." Sad.

[SleepCatSleep]

Manly way to die.rip manly man.

[TheHappySelf]

next year this video will be 100 years old!

[FrodoDojo]

I love that they measured the impact crater.

[TomFynn]

@FrodoDojo Apparently he jumped on February 4, 1912. The ground was frozen. Yet the impact depth was reported to have been nearly six inches.

[nutchanok4]

Noooooooooo!! That's all I would say.......

[GoldenShellback1]

i dont wanna laugh...i don't wanna laugh...i don't wanna laugh...bwahahahahahhaa

[RastaTherian]

this silent film is eerily lacking in captions but I guess back then "DO IT FAGGOT" and "FAIL" hadn't quite caught on yet. I'd be damn surprised if French impressionists hadn't painted something pretty similar to Trollguy with basically the same intent though.

[hifiveshit]

black and white films always make a video funny regardless of the subject

[pietrosr95]

Poor guy....

[Legobrickism]

Did you see how he plucks up his courage, jumps, trips in the most hilarious way and falls to death? Weeeeeeeeeeeee! *SH!T that HURT!

[shermanro]

1:18 Your moment of zen

[TheHevquip]

lol so...he couldn't find a roof to jump off first?

[1200com]

I would have asked for a huge circus net down there! (since it's a first experiment)

[pivotrsr]

i watched this video and had to tell my self dont laugh over and over again.im such a dick

[JustAnotherHumanist]

That is a pretty cool looking coat though.

[skittlesareyum48]

I am... THE BAT MAN

[skittlesareyum48]

I just watched someone die... and I fucking laughed. Jesus.

[SupaL33tKillar]

Either that was an elaborate way to suicide or he was just bad at physics and common sense. Also, why did he kept his hat on @__@

[xxxatarixxx]

Franz Reichelt - the original Jackass

[BoyScout1960]

Dumbass or not, he was trying to create a lifesaving device. Remember, there were sprinklers for buildings but the laws of the time didn't require them. And the previous year saw the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Had this worked, it would have been a Godsend.

[Lakers52490]

Thumbs up for dumb asses. Dumb asses, they've been around since 1912.

[drumboarder1]

@Lakers52490 uhhhh....

[suckyskater21]

@Lakers52490 might need to re calculate that date there

[iamOliverG]

Culturizando

[Matt22964]

Ok everyone! wait for it! and of we gooooooooooooooooooo ---- Oh cra.....

[10flax]

Epic Fail.As you expect to glide in that way? from 65 feet off the ground? is impossible, then tied him like a tent with you? but ignorant. I do not understand how his parachute! someone explain to me. I think it would swell and planar or needed to be open? in what way? I am very sorry.

[Xenctuary]

@markit39 But it's designed for humans...?

[Keiranforreal]

He didn't take into account the weight factor of the GIANT BALLS he must have had before jumping off that building in that outfit to be immortalized like this.

[Daviticus042]

I find it significant that "P-A-T-H-E" are the first five letters of "PATHETIC"!

[mastermantrox]

1:18 he says "I'm Batman."

[jimihendrixfan2008]

@mastermantrox LOL

[XSKATERX36]

He was gonna test it on a dummy but last minute he decided to test it himself

[kranktank]

It's possible he should have tested it on a mannequin or something first...

[Firenzo101]

Here comes lady gaga's next outfit



[dabigboyG]

@Firenzo101

You fucking lolled me there

[MixSage3]

Ladies and Gentlemen, the first dumbass

[jaredofmo]

@MixSage3 First dumbass on film.

[MrFisherb7]

He fell like, INTO the fucking ground

[markit39]

Wouldn't it have been better to test it on say............a house

[KeskinTRS]

His beard slowed him more down than the chute

[BornstedtSucker]

The world needs more optimists like him!

[Frankcast11]

Behold! Darwinism in action!

[PillowDruel]

so sad

[thinkmanworld]

how primitive

[jerz211]

Idiot...

[Rodristation]

Bueno evidentemente no funciono..

[Kris35Productions]

Your not batman ... 

[AxlfuckRoses]

WOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[kolactron]

OWNED

[LaggerSVK]

And it was only the way how to legally suicide.

[3zer05]

He for got to flap his wings like a bird

[MrNewYorkCityLover]

The parachute jacket? More like the suicide jacket.

[y0utub3r12345678]

Aawww...This vid is funny but still...So sad!

[pokemaniak30]

*makes comment about how someone brought me here just so i can get thumbs up*

[tonado1993]

6/10 at best

[demonx112]

The technique was beautiful.

9.5

[Abombadog]

JUMP PUSSY JUMP!!!!

took sooooo long

[cieplymens]

i give 9/10 :D

[Dave1998ish]

Thumbs up if you breathe

[teeg420]

BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH­AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!

[hyuhyuuyh]

its funny cuz he dies

[BrotherDeath100]

"£155 off tandem skydives" Thanks, Google, that's exactly what I want to do now.

[CliffThe1st]

Holy crap, my song finished at the EXACT second this video did.

[np9490]

Flawless victory

[bananaboi5]

Invention: Seems legit

Landing: Close enough.

[artemisfowl93]

Fucking nailed it.

[CheAshBri]

Is that Jamie from MythBusters!?

[ThouShaltNotComment]

Thumbs won't save you from death.

[youngman098]

So close...

[heyitsrunescape]

lol

[scRiigaZ420]

Oh shut up with the "Funnyjunk brought me hear LOLOL xD" No one gives a fuck.

[kamuytripp]

@scRiigaZ420 you certainly seem to

[scRiigaZ420]

@kamuytripp No, I don't give a fuck. It just drains the comments...

[kamuytripp]

@scRiigaZ420 i still think you seem to care alot dude...just saying, if it bothers you, just ignore it, it's the internet, opinions just bring other opinions. Then it is a never ending back and forth argument you know...(no offence dude)

[scRiigaZ420]

@kamuytripp i seem to care alot...? are you serious? why would anyone care alot over something as stupid as this..? i only said what i said because i wanted to see the funny top comments on this video, not "thumbs up if funnyjunk brought you here" i'm sure you've seen these comments before on other video's, and it's annoying when you just want to watch the video and read the funny comments. shit gets old fast nowadays.

[kamuytripp]

@scRiigaZ420 just saying, that since its bothering you, and you are makeing a deal out of it, it must bother you some....just a little,,just a little,,,,,and yes i love funny junk, but that shit is annoying on here

[scRiigaZ420]

@kamuytripp yeah it bothers me... no shit i admitted to that. it bothers me, doesn't mean i care...?

[XxGraceeyyxX]

@scRiigaZ420 Funnyjunk brought me here.

U MAD BRO?

[scRiigaZ420]

@XxGraceeyyxX no... because you're a woman.

[XxGraceeyyxX]

@scRiigaZ420 Gender doesn't matter.

[Dylaniswaybored]

Funnnny Juunnnk

[jaydude39]

@mrsmoothcruiser Shit I was gonna say that...

[TheMostEpicNameEver]

did he die?

[FateStation]

Jump is at 1:17

[SuperLogo11]

Thumbs up if you thinks this guy is a dumbass

[CommanderTurner142]

FJ brought me here.... XD

[XxCedDragoNxX]

1:17 he finally jumps...

btw fj brought me

[thedudetoyourleft]

FJ told me to come here lol

[mrsmoothcruiser]

Thumbs up if FunnyJunk brought you here.

[gonzmanX9]

@mrsmoothcruiser Now we thumbwore in youtube? Son, I am disappoint.

[lucasvoorheis]

@mrsmoothcruiser i didnt know there were thumbwhores on youtube as well..

[FroggerFilm]

@mrsmoothcruiser Now thumbs up if OP is a FAG.

[artard84]

@mrsmoothcruiser talk about thumbwhoring...

[TechnoZombie333]

@mrsmoothcruiser is there EVER a single GOD DAMN VIDEO POSTED ON FJ THAT DOESN'T HAVE THIS REPEATED SHIT AS A TOP COMMENT?

[Abombadog]

@TechnoZombie333 whatchagonadoaboutit fagget?

[TechnoZombie333]

@Abombadog It's annoying enough dealing with you fuckheads on FJ, im not dealing with it here.

[imnotonetohate34]

@TechnoZombie333 shut the fuck up youtubefag

[Tommovdv]

@TechnoZombie333 u mad bro?

[Abombadog]

@TechnoZombie333 are you sure you don't wanna?

[podobear]

@mrsmoothcruiser thumb whore.

[PullusPardus]

@mrsmoothcruiser Yay! , i never knew my post on funnyjunk would be this popular

[TuhoPupu]

a parachute ad in this video, wtf google?

[Project1174]

Why does Wile E. Coyote come to mind?

Could it be the absurd invention?

Or maybe it was the round puff of dust upon his collision with France.

[MARIYAN85]

AAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHH­AHHHAA LOL

[MrOnionterror]

He looks like he's having second thoughts...

[Haloguydev]

Inb4 "Did He Died?"

[ghostforlife1]

@Haloguydev yes he's dead the 1st second he hit the floor

[Haloguydev]

@ghostforlife1 I know, It's terrible. I'm not too sure how he believed the "Cape Chute" would work.

[gangstastyle55]

@Haloguydev Did he Died... Geesh your making China look good bro..

[Monokesha]

Звезда рулем

[monkey298]

This guy had balls of steel... thats why his prototype KKK wingsuit couldn't support his weight.

[bombadecasa]

@gfnyc1 Are you kidding me? Ugh I'm not religious or anything but don't turn this into one of those stupid arguments.

[artsyusername]

Ugh pizza hut go away

[TutTutOpenSesame]

Thumbs up if Time's "The 50 Worst Inventions" brought you here.

[SuperSoundwave100]

Way to die #396

Para-dumb.

[iceman8067]

Historical Fail

[AnairetheFallen]

So...Cracked, right?

[fbi10]

ah putain....