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Felix Baumgartner will attempt to jump from stratosphere today
Red Bull ^ | Oct 14, 2012 | Vince Ferrer

Posted on 10/14/2012 7:48:40 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer

There will be a second attempt today for Felix to jump from a ballon at 120,000 feet and parachute, breaking the record for high altitude jumps. There should be a live feed on the website.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; baumgartner; felixbaumgartner; isthereabook; isvegasinvolved; skydiving; soundbarrier; spacediving; spacejump; whataretheodds; wherecanibet
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To: FourtySeven

Yep, caught some air. Must feel very strange falling, and no way to regulate your motion.


141 posted on 10/14/2012 11:13:05 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: FourtySeven

6. Min O2 left


142 posted on 10/14/2012 11:13:12 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: GRRRRR

Felix is talking, camera shot showing him still in free fall, seems in control...


143 posted on 10/14/2012 11:13:12 AM PDT by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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To: GRRRRR

Bump


144 posted on 10/14/2012 11:13:20 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (The pundits have forgotten the 2010 elections.)
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To: hattend

Thanks CNN...you suck!


145 posted on 10/14/2012 11:13:41 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

CHUTE OPENS!!


146 posted on 10/14/2012 11:14:21 AM PDT by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Chute deployed!


147 posted on 10/14/2012 11:14:37 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: hattend

Chute open.


148 posted on 10/14/2012 11:14:42 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

Joe Kittinger says, “couldn’t have done it better myself!”


149 posted on 10/14/2012 11:15:39 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: GRRRRR; hattend

Don’t know where you are getting your info from - neither the YouTube or Redbull have anything of the details.


150 posted on 10/14/2012 11:16:32 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: FourtySeven
I thought that was a very nice touch.

2 hours to get up there, and what, 4 minutes to get down? Like climbing Tuckerman's Ravine half an hour for a 20 second ski down.

151 posted on 10/14/2012 11:17:27 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

Sheesh. They are really screwing up the wind direction!


152 posted on 10/14/2012 11:18:58 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: brityank

CNN had a live feed until a few seconds before he jumped.

They just came back to show the chute open

HA! CNN just showed the jump!

Felix on the ground...WOOHOO!!!


153 posted on 10/14/2012 11:19:25 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: brityank

Discovery channel and telegraph.uk (online) had all the details. I gather he’s on the ground now.


154 posted on 10/14/2012 11:19:25 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: FourtySeven

Touchdown!


155 posted on 10/14/2012 11:19:32 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: brityank

Watching Discovery channel live with commentary from Mission Control.

He’s landed and standing up! Photographer standing right there!


156 posted on 10/14/2012 11:20:05 AM PDT by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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To: FourtySeven

Standing landing. Job well done.


157 posted on 10/14/2012 11:20:47 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

I thought it was classy what Kittinger said too.


158 posted on 10/14/2012 11:21:19 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: GRRRRR

Helicopter crew improved the odds of being near where the landing occured.


159 posted on 10/14/2012 11:21:45 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

Picture perfect.


160 posted on 10/14/2012 11:22:02 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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