Video: Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic freefall
Just because it’s awesome:
After flying to an altitude of 39,045 meters (128,100 feet) in a helium-filled balloon, Felix Baumgartner completed a record breaking jump for the ages from the edge of space, exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier flying in an experimental rocket-powered airplane. Felix reached a maximum of speed of 1,342.8 km/h (833mph) through the near vacuum of the stratosphere before being slowed by the atmosphere later during his 4:20 minute long freefall. The 43-year-old Austrian skydiving expert also broke two other world records (highest freefall, highest manned balloon flight), leaving the one for the longest freefall to project mentor Col. Joe Kittinger.
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October 17th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
Don’t tell me, you only just got the joke I made about him the other day. lol
October 18th, 2012 at 5:48 pm
Truly awe inspiring!