Fortune favors the brave, but sometimes the required courage costs lives. Franz Reichelt wanted to create history by designing a functional parachute for pilots, ATI reported. Riechelt put everything in line for his pursuit, including his own life. Reichelt was an Austrian-born tailor working in 20th-century France, ATI reported. During, this time the country was facing the issue of multiple air crashes, with many pilots losing their lives because no viable parachutes had been created for them. By the 20th century, the most commonly used parachutes could not handle people falling from low alti…
