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Being shot out of the cannon is not the main risk, landing safely is.[7] More than 30 human cannonballs have died during the performance of this stunt. Among the latest was that which occurred in Kent, United Kingdom on April 21, 2011, where a human cannonball died as a result of the failure of the safety net.
The first human cannonball, launched in 1877 at the Royal Aquarium in London, was a 14 year-old girl called "Zazel", whose real name was Rossa Matilda Richter.[1] She was launched by a spring-style cannon invented by Canadian William Leonard Hunt ("The Great Farini"). She later toured with the P.T. Barnum Circus. Farini's cannon used rubber springs to launch a person from the cannon, limiting the distance he or she could be launched.

In the 1920s, Ildebrando Zacchini invented a cannon that used compressed air to launch a human cannonball.[2] Zacchini shot his son Hugo out of the compressed air cannon. Members of the Zacchini family were later inducted into the Ringling Brothers Circus Hall of Fame.
There is a claim that the current world record for the longest human cannonball flight is 193 ft 8.8 in (59.05 m),[4] established by David Smith Jr. on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on March 10, 2011. The distance was measured from the mouth of the cannon to the furthest point reached on the net. David Smith Jr. was launched by an 8m (26' 3") long cannon. It was estimated that he travelled at a speed of 120 km/h (74.6 mph), reaching a maximum altitude of 23m (75' 6").

There is, however, a contradictory claim- to wit, that Smith's father, David "Cannonball" Smith Sr., set a record of 200 ft 4 in (61.06 m),[5] on August 31, 2002, at The Steele County Free Fair, Owatonna, Minnesota in the United States. It is estimated that Smith Sr. travelled at over 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) during the flight.
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