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April 30, 2008
Parachutist puts faith in Da Vinci design (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)- About: leonardo da vinci,leonardo da vinci paintings
A 36-year-old Swiss amateur parachutist has made a successful 650-metre drop using a replica of a parachute designed more than 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci. Mr Vietti-Teppa is the first person to have made it safely to the ground with the Leonardo model. Mr Vietti-Teppa jumped from a hovering helicopter and the Leonardo parachute opened at 600 metres, he reported. The parachute consists of four equilateral triangles, seven metres on each side, made of parachute fabric, Mr Vietti-Teppa explained. read more
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