22-250jock Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 WOW!!!! just watched felix Baumgartner post a new world record for the highest sky dive jumped out of his capsule at 128,000 ft thats about 24 miles in 30 seconds he reached 700 mph this guy has balls cheers jock http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9607604/Skydiver-Felix-Baumgartner-attempts-to-break-sound-barrier-live.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 WOW!!!! just watched felix Baumgartner post a new world record for the highest sky dive jumped out of his capsule at 128,000 ft thats about 24 miles in 30 seconds he reached 700 mph this guy has balls cheers jock http://www.itv.com/news/2012-10-14/felix-baumgartner-skydive-red-bull-stratos/ Yup, Watched it too - didn't look good in the early stages when the TI showed him in a spin, had me on the edge of my seat - bloomin good ending. Balls of steel. (The bloke who did it in the 60s with 60s kit? Blimey, tungsten carbide balls!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 yep just watched it live as well "balls of steel" as you say Matt that spin looked horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kip270 Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 Now that's some crazy stuff, when he jumped my heart stopped I'm sure.........watching it live with head phones on, when he jumped I gasped and everyone just looked at me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 The last time I was glued to a live screen like this was waiting for the mars rover to land and send back pics This was fantastic, getting ready at the door of the open capsule, the jump, the spinning at high altitude, the speed!, and a safe ending, it had it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22-250jock Posted October 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 i believe its been confirmed he has broken 4 records highest manned ballon flight highest freefall jump fastest freefall speed of 706mph highest youtube live views with over 7 million he didnt however beat the record for the longest freefall flight i guess the picture of him standing on the platform of his capsule just before he jumped will become iconic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxshooter Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 If you want to see the original jump from the 60's go to www.wimp.com/bestjumps The whole thing is worth watching but you want the No1 jump MArk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybrock Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 I saw it on the news this morning, very brave man indeed. After he jumped what would have happened to his capsule and balloon would they just keep going up and end up as space junk or was there some mechanism to bring them back down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangely Brown Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 I saw it on the news this morning, very brave man indeed. After he jumped what would have happened to his capsule and balloon would they just keep going up and end up as space junk or was there some mechanism to bring them back down? I understand the height it achieved was a floating height so it didn't go up any further. I believe it came back by parchute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22-250jock Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 If you want to see the original jump from the 60's go to www.wimp.com/bestjumps The whole thing is worth watching but you want the No1 jump MArk Mark just got chance to watch the original jump, now that was a leap of faith, especially with the kit used the rest of the vid is also worth a watch cheers jock http://www.wimp.com/bestjumps/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 AWESOME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjack Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Mark just got chance to watch the original jump, now that was a leap of faith, especially with the kit used the rest of the vid is also worth a watch cheers jock http://www.wimp.com/bestjumps/ Fantastic thanks number 2 now that would be a great way to shoot feral goats with an AR15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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