Sixty three men, one jump or more ahead of death ... flyers who have dodged destruction by parachute leaps from disabled planes. Parachutes are made of silk; silk comes from caterpillars.

JAN 4, 1912: Reckless inventor Franz Reichelt was filmed jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower after testing the world’s first parachute suit on this day in 1912. The 33-year-old Austrian-born ...