Winner of the 1911 Darwin Award

[ninjalie]

"In 1911, an Austrian tailor named Franz Reichelt stepped off the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower wearing a combination overcoat-parachute garment of his own design. He expected onlookers would measure the duration of his flight. Instead they measured the depth of his crater."
They have it on video.

Comments

[brian_z]

Wow, that's even more bizarre then the invisibility suit you posted about ;)

[fertile_ground]

hmmm, so much for my plans. [grin]

I still think it could work, perhaps with a bit of helium, and an inflateble hanglider wing.