"Gettin' Down: Planned Record-Breaking Skydive This Year Will Include First Supersonic Free Fall"

[iluvtofly 0]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=stratos-baumgartner

[IanHarrop 42]

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The RedBull Stratos site

http://redbullstratos.com/

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[quade 4]

Red Bull gives you money.

I think it would have been nicer if they would have coughed up the cash for Cheryl Sterns though.

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[hcsvader 1]

In freefall for 5 minutes.

I was gonna say thats probobly going to be a pretty boring solo but I imagine the view from that high up will be absolutly amazing.

Have you seen my pants?
it"s a rough life, Livin' the dream
>:)

[cocheese 0]

A real man would wing suit it. for 15+ minutes.


Hey DSE, i need a suit.

[hcsvader 1]

wonder how much distance you could cover?

Have you seen my pants?
it"s a rough life, Livin' the dream
>:)

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wonder how much distance you could cover?

I'm sure Felix could fly across the English Channel. Of course, there'd be no actual documentation of the exit point and no GPS recording of it, just plenty of media to watch him land.

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[lawrocket 3]

I've never been much of a fan of Baumgartner, but I reckon if he pulls it off and they get some good and useful data, he AND hsi team will get some props from me.

And yeah, I would have liked to see Cheryl Stearns do it, too.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[Amazon 7]

I wonder if he would want to race from up there.....make SURE we go over the sound barrier.. and do a little speedskydiving while we are at it.. I would LOVE to feel a sonic wave on my toes

[cocheese 0]

You'll burn off your toe nails, kid.

[Amazon 7]

DUUUDE.. I have already hit 325MPH top speed at the bottom of a speedskydive from just 13500.. no way am I burnin my toes.... but I do have to wonder how fast I could get from up there where his exit will be....but holding stable for that long could be "interesting"... Felix is gonna use a DROUGE.... what a wus

[cocheese 0]

Can we drop balloon boy's dad for testing purposes?

[gemini 0]

My memory is sometimes faulty, but it seems somewhere I read that Kittinger landed 138 miles from where he took off. Of course this includes balloon drift.

Blue skies,

Jim

[AggieDave 6]

What a wanna-be!

Spectre230 did it years ago already...from the frigg'n Space Shuttle!



(There's just a small handful left that will know that reference)

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

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Just proves that you can do almost anything if you've got a sponsor with deep pockets. Good luck to him - I hope he succeeds. I am still rooting for Michel Fournier, though. He's been trying so hard for years to get it done, and I know it would break his heart if someone else came along and snatched it away from him.

mh
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"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[freefallfreak 0]

I remember that. Didn't the government give him a C-130 Spooky as a retirement gift?
TripleF

"Upon seeing the shadow of a pigeon, one must resist the urge to look up."

[AggieDave 6]

I thought they gave him a Stealth Fighter for a partying gift...and a cheap gold watch.

You know the Trolls on DZ now just don't have the flare and flavor that he did. He was very good at getting everyone worked up.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[LouDiamond 1]

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wonder how much distance you could cover?

I'm sure Felix could fly across the English Channel. Of course, there'd be no actual documentation of the exit point and no GPS recording of it, just plenty of media to watch him land.

It is my armchair QB guess that this event will be no different. Unlike Stearns and Fournier, Felix is doing this as a publicity stunt and I doubt anything of scientific use or data collection for a greater good will come from it. And like the Channel crossing, I am already doubtful that we,the world, will actually see anything that substantiates his max altitude reached. But thats just based on what we've seen from Felix in the past and I could be wrong.....but I'd bet a beer I am not.

"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required"
Some people dream about flying, I live my dream
SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING

[airtwardo 7]

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What a wanna-be!

Spectre230 did it years ago already...from the frigg'n Space Shuttle!



(There's just a small handful left that will know that reference)

That's Divots normal freefall speed....

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[lekstrom10k 0]

You grab one wrist for a one way , then left hand on your right shoulder gripper right hand on you right knee gripper for a right side body both hands back to both legs grippers for a cat, left hand to left knee gripper right hand to left shoulder grip for left side body back to grabbing your wrist 5 points. Repeat for the rest of the jump. Let the guys that won the world meet with 42. You could have 829 easy and still pull legal

[skyrider 0]

I was really hoping Cheryl Sterns would get to that record first...but the money just didn't happen...

[Remster 30]

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What a wanna-be!

Spectre230 did it years ago already...from the frigg'n Space Shuttle!



(There's just a small handful left that will know that reference)

Now you've done it! He'll have to come out of retirement and kill you for making this super top secret operation public!

Remster

[airtwardo 7]

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What a wanna-be!

Spectre230 did it years ago already...from the frigg'n Space Shuttle!



(There's just a small handful left that will know that reference)

Now you've done it! He'll have to come out of retirement and kill you for making this super top secret operation public!

Wasn't he the door gunner?

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[warpedskydiver 0]

Yep and he had the patch too!

[kallend 2,146]

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Just proves that you can do almost anything if you've got a sponsor with deep pockets. mh
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Well, he hasn't actually done it yet.

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