The Flying Tailors: Deadly Demonstrations of the Edwardian Sky

1911-1912 — Coat-maker turn-airman Franz Reichelt, the Eiffel Tower jump filmed on 35mm, the first death caught on cinema film, and the wing-pack dreamers who ran before their time.

Playlist by @parachute_history

8 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Franz Reichelt’s Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower (1912) | British Pathé — British Pathé
2. Franz Reichelt and the Fatal Eiffel Tower Jump, 1912 | Original Preserved Footage — Vintage Images
3. Killed by a Homemade Parachute: Franz Reichelt | Fascinating Horror — Fascinating Horror
4. The (Avoidable) Death of an Inventor | Franz Reichelt's Eiffel Tower Jump | History in the Dark — History in the Dark
5. The Man Who Fell Before Reichelt — NovaMentis: Curious Tales
6. First ever Epic Fail captured on film (1912) — DocumentaryFilmsTube
7. Wingsuit/wingpack pioneer Franz Reichelt: Eiffel Tower jump, 1912 — Stubai
8. 1912 Paris Eiffel Tower Parachute Man Leaps (Silent) — My Footage