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April 26: Swiss base jumper Olivier Vietti-Teppa jumps from a helicopter using Leonardo da Vinci's parachute design in Payerne, Switzerland. The original design of this pyramidal parachute was scribbled by Da Vinci in a notebook in 1485. An accompanying note reads: 'If a man is provided with a length of gummed linen cloth with a length of 12 yards on each side and 12 yards high, he can jump from any great height whatsoever without injury.'
April 26: Vietti-Teppa descends using the Leonardo-designed parachute, which was effective but unmaneuverable, over Payerne, Switzerland.
April 26: Vietti-Teppa approaches the ground at the military airport in Payerne, Switzerland.
April 26: Swiss base jumper Olivier Vietti-Teppa poses for photographers after performing the first complete descent using Leonardo da Vinci's dsign for a parachute at a military airport in Payerne, Switzerland.
Leonardo da Vinci's original sketch for a parachute, found in notebook dating from 1485.

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