500 Years Later, Parachutist Proved Leonardo da Vinci's Parachute Works - Neatorama

Swedish parachutist Olivier Vietti-Teppa finally proved, after 500 years, that Leonardo da Vinci's parachute design actually does work!

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BBC News has the video clip: Link

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An author has made some research on Leonardo Da Vinci and he find out that the story we know is false, the historian who wrote on the life of Da Vinci did it 60 years after his death made it very literary. Check out this site http://davincisfumato.com/.

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Does this have anything to do with the Da Vinci Code? Because if not, I can't see why anyone would want to read about it. I loved that movie.

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He's been trying to prove that for 500 years. He must be a very old man indeed.

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Nobody's saying Leo wasn't great, but this guy didn't prove s***.

Also, I think I detect a subtle difference in scale between the drawing and the photo.

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the fact that the guy dropped from a coventional 21century helicopter negates it to pure attention antics. If he made his "da Vinci parachute" and then dropped from his "da Vinci Helicopter" , I might be impressed---but only if he landed in a glass of water on a horse.

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