Austrian preparing for the historic jump in five years. In March 2012, he jumped from a height of 15 miles (over 24 km), and in July from a height of 18 miles (nearly 29 km). He announced that the last of his career leap with such extreme heights.
Beating Record by Austrian repeatedly shifted due to bad weather conditions.
previous record set on Aug. 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger, the captain of the U.S. Air Force, jumping from a height of 31 333 feet and reaching speeds of 988 km / h, which is slightly below the sound barrier. Kittinger from the beginning participated in the Red Bull Stratos as a mentor of the Austrian ski jumper.
Born April 20, 1969 in Salzburg, Felix Baumgartner has had a record-breaking jumps from famous buildings – for example, from Taipei 101 He made it one of the lowest (and very dangerous) jumping – with the statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro.
2003 used carbon fiber wings to fly across the English Channel.
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