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greatmoorred
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PostPosted: 17:36 - 19 Oct 2007    Post subject: highest freefall. Reply with quote
How high do you reckon ?
102,800ft Shocked
Reading it in the paper today, August 16th 1960 by Joseph kittinger, above new mexico.
Thats 20 miles up........
Im off to look this guy up.
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EuropeanNC30R...
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PostPosted: 18:19 - 19 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is fairly impressive, 250ft without a parachute, onto your head..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX564wM05SY
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LeeR
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PostPosted: 20:30 - 19 Oct 2007    Post subject: Re: highest freefall. Reply with quote
greatmoorred wrote:
How high do you reckon ?
102,800ft Shocked
Reading it in the paper today, August 16th 1960 by Joseph kittinger, above new mexico.
Thats 20 miles up........
Im off to look this guy up.


I think that was via a high altitude balloon record, he touched the edge of space. He found he had a tear in the lower leg of his suit and was in agony for the majority of the drop. I think he also holds the record for the fastest human in flight as he reached terminal velocity unaided. There was a program on a few years ago about him, well I think it was mostly about the space race, but his high altitude flight was part of the process.
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PostPosted: 22:45 - 19 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
found the video Very Happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MkB6NkQscI
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PostPosted: 22:45 - 19 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
found the video Very Happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MkB6NkQscI
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PostPosted: 22:54 - 19 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
I wonder how much it would cost to freefall ?
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LeeR
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PostPosted: 11:18 - 20 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think this might be a better link: Free Fall From Space - Captain Joe Kittinger as the narrator explains the significance of the drop.

It's interesting you can see his legs wriggling in the initial descent, either through the pain or because he was crapping himself, well 'ard. Wink
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