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Old 04-22-2012, 05:49 AM   #1 (permalink)
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One he!!ofa parachute jump from 71kft
And this was just the prep jump to be from 120k ft.
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Old 04-22-2012, 06:47 AM   #2 (permalink)
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That's pretty cool. Gotta be a little lonely up there.
I got to fly with Joe Kittinger in his Standard Biplane.
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Old 04-22-2012, 03:57 PM   #3 (permalink)
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How did he get to 71k? Balloon?
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Old 04-22-2012, 06:12 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Balloon, as well as a balloon when he jumps from 120k ft
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Old 04-22-2012, 08:11 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 04-22-2012, 08:56 PM   #6 (permalink)
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He's going for Joes record of 102,800'.
I'm sure he'll make it.
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Old 04-22-2012, 09:02 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Ok.... that guy left the factory with his bearings made from Inconel.
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Wonder if he goes:

GEEERRRROOOONNNIIMOOOOOOooooooooo.........
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Old 04-23-2012, 04:37 PM   #9 (permalink)
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That is pretty wild / amazing stuff. Crazy for sure... How long is the ride to the top?

I assume the capsule is on a chute and comes down for recovery on its own? It looks like a pretty high tech set-up over-all.

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If you step out and don't fall then you know you've gone just a 'bit' too high.
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Old 04-23-2012, 09:53 PM   #11 (permalink)
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That's a bit (quite a bit) higher than the HALO jumps back in my day....

Dang!!!!
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Old 04-23-2012, 10:09 PM   #12 (permalink)
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When does he open the chute on the way down? Do his feet get hot? How does he get back to Roswell and not wind up in New Jersey? Can you tell I've never jumped off anything higher than the porch?

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Old 04-24-2012, 03:38 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Joe Kittinger, Jr jumped from 102,800 feet...in August,1960. Now he is an adviser for Baumgartner's jump. On the way from 1960 to today, Kittinger flew three combat tours in Vietnam and spent 11 months in a POW camp. Amazing man!
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I've jumped from 13,000 and have the exact same question, and I was born in new jersey!
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