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« on: October 14, 2012, 05:43:52 PM » |
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BorntoBubble
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« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2012, 06:05:19 PM » |
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crazy guy dies he not know its a sunday! |
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kinboshi
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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2012, 06:06:21 PM » |
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Was meant to happen the other day but the weather wasn't right. Amazing stuff.
Apparently he'll break the sound barrier within 30 seconds of the jump as the air is so thin, and after a while will slow down to below the speed of sound because the density of the air as it becomes thicker.
Mad stuff!
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kinboshi
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« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2012, 06:08:33 PM » |
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Now at the altitude the SR71-A Blackbird spy plane used to fly to.
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kinboshi
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« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2012, 06:14:10 PM » |
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Felix Baumgartner is the bloke doing the ascent and then dive. He's a skydiver from Austria. He's a bit mental.
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« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2012, 06:15:18 PM » |
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28,000m up now - so that's getting close to four times the height of Mt Everest and already three times the height an airliner cruises at.
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« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2012, 06:27:06 PM » |
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@FelixBaumgart Live from space! World you are beautiful.
Now at 104,000ft - and he's pissing about on twitter...
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« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2012, 06:41:49 PM » |
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Now gone beyond 115,000ft - so now the highest ever manned balloon flight. It's taken him 2 hours 5 minutes to get to 35.3Km - which is slower than the elite marathon runners travel - but a little faster than I can run  |
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« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2012, 06:53:52 PM » |
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About to do what they're calling the "egress checklist" before the jump.
1. Have you got your keys?
2. Have you switched the iron off?
3. Have you been to the toilet?
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« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2012, 07:13:46 PM » |
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kinboshi
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« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2012, 07:25:20 PM » |
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Absolutely amazing.
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« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2012, 07:29:32 PM » |
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bit special that, thought he'd lost it at one point he seemed to be spinning out of control at about 700mph unreal.
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its better that i have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy
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kinboshi
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« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2012, 07:30:48 PM » |
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bit special that, thought he'd lost it at one point he seemed to be spinning out of control at about 700mph unreal.
Was very scary for those moments. Your username is also very apt! |
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« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2012, 07:41:27 PM » |
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Absolutely fantastic.
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« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2012, 07:53:32 PM » |
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| Click to see full-size image. |
 What a photo. |
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