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Post by Mr Moto on Oct 16, 2012 22:55:47 GMT -5
Per Redbullusa.com: “Felix Baumgartner made history Sunday when he jumped from a space capsule 128,097 feet above the Earth and free fell at Mach 1.24 (834 mph). Baumgartner became the first person to break the sound barrier in free fall before landing safely in the New Mexico desert. The 43-year-old Austrian pilot and skydiver broke two other records Sunday: the highest free fall and highest manned balloon flight.” |
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Post by Larry63r on Oct 16, 2012 23:57:11 GMT -5
Ya, it's been done before. No big deal. It's like climbing Everest, or going over the Niagara falls in a barrel. It's mildly impressive but that's about it.
On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger jumped his last Excelsior jump, doing so from an air-thin height of 102,800 feet (31,334 meters). From that nearly 20 miles altitude, his tumble toward terra firma took some 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Exceeding the speed of sound during the fall.
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Post by beaupre716 on Oct 17, 2012 14:02:44 GMT -5
Ya, it's been done before. No big deal. It's like climbing Everest, or going over the Niagara falls in a barrel. It's mildly impressive but that's about it. On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger jumped his last Excelsior jump, doing so from an air-thin height of 102,800 feet (31,334 meters). From that nearly 20 miles altitude, his tumble toward terra firma took some 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Exceeding the speed of sound during the fall. Wow, Larry. You set a pretty high standard for being impressed. Kittinger was clearly a bad-ass too. |
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Post by Larry63r on Oct 17, 2012 16:52:09 GMT -5
I grew up with a family that did fairly impressive things. All my grand parents had pilots licenses and one of my grandmother's was jumping out of planes in her 50's. One of my grandfathers was a fully sponsered sprint car racer in the 60's. My father was fast on anything with 2 wheels. So ya, It takes a little something extra to impress me.
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Post by Mr Moto on Oct 17, 2012 17:43:49 GMT -5
No big deal. It's like climbing Everest, or going over the Niagara falls in a barrel. It's mildly impressive but that's about it. On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger jumped his last Excelsior jump, doing so from an air-thin height of 102,800 feet (31,334 meters). From that nearly 20 miles altitude, his tumble toward terra firma took some 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Exceeding the speed of sound during the fall. Its NO big deal.. LOL! True its not the end all of feats, but its pretty impressive. As for Mr. Kittinger, he was impressed and was Felix ground control captain. As for him exceeding the speed of sound back then, it was calculated as his estimated speed. No facts, just a guess... With what Felix did it was validated and so was the other records he set.... Larry if one two people have done such a feat how can you compare your points? Many have now climbed Everest, but at one time it was a big deal when it was done. There isnt many things in this world that havent been done or attempted, this is one that hasnt happened since the 60's which is a life time to most...And we may never see it again.. |
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