(Photos & Video) Skydiver breaks sound barrier in record jump
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(Photos & Video) Skydiver breaks sound barrier in record jump

Roswell : NM : USA | Oct 14, 2012 at 5:55 PM PDT
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Skydiver breaks sound barrier in record jump

This great adventure in human history

This adventure has now become a modern Facebook and Twitter

Really raised to break the "adventurer" Felix Baumgartner many indices after the historic leap from space at an altitude of 38 km above the surface of the earth
Which is more than 127 thousand feet, breaking the sound barrier in the speed of the descent to Earth and breaking Felix previous record as Joe Keatinr who achieved in 1960 when he fell from a height of 31 km.

Yes the first adventure without his presence in the plane or shuttle.


The speed with which that was announced during the press conference after the jump made by Austrian adventurer few hours later,
Much higher than those announced by the team spokeswoman Baumgartner earlier identified maximum jump speed as 706 miles (1136 kilometers) per hour.

During a press conference held today at the Roswell United States, said Brian Whatley expert of the International Federation of Airline The preliminary data showed that the speed Baumgartner during jump free and reached the 8.1342 miles per hour means an increase of about 265 km / h compared to the speed of sound.

According to this statement be Baumgartner made the first three world records exceeded the speed of sound,

And the second to achieve the highest rise him up a manned balloon and third achieving the highest point for a parachute jump.

Therefore private venture wore a suit to do the job serious, which will seek to break the sound barrier with his body, which is what happens for the first time in history.

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Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim is based in Cairo, Kairo, Egypt, and is a Stringer for Allvoices.
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Posted By NinaRai Nina Rai | 8 months ago
What a mind-blowing historic jump.
Congrats to Felix for accomplishing
the impossible. Excellent reporting.
Rated ^
Posted By albertacowpoke Karl Gotthardt | 8 months ago
Thanks for this. Good job.
Posted By dewegy dewegy | 8 months ago
Austrian pilot Felix Baumgartner be the first human to break the speed of sound in freefall when jumped from his acrylic capsule and most of people don't know this guy but after that brave action became best known for this braveness , good report thanks for sharing
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