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Today:120,000 foot space jump.

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#452 14-10-2012 7:05pm

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Item 30, **** yourself out.

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#453 14-10-2012 7:05pm

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Door open.. getting tense now...

tommyboy2222 wrote: »

Laugh he stepped off the platform and floated upwards !

Haha.

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#454 14-10-2012 7:05pm

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CATS LIKE FELIX LIKE FELIX ! !

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#455 14-10-2012 7:06pm

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(Don't) break a leg Felix!

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#456 14-10-2012 7:06pm

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mind the step!

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#457 14-10-2012 7:06pm

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Wow

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#458 14-10-2012 7:07pm

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Funny thing to be watching this on the toilet I'll tell ya! :pac:

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#459 14-10-2012 7:07pm

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There he goes!

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#460 14-10-2012 7:07pm

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Sweet merciful crap!

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#461 14-10-2012 7:07pm

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Here we fcukin go. god speed dude

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#462 14-10-2012 7:07pm

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Holy crap!!! This is scary. :eek:

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#463 14-10-2012 7:07pm

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One small jump for man,
one massive fall for a mad Austrian man

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#464 14-10-2012 7:08pm

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Banzai!

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#465 14-10-2012 7:09pm

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Holy Fúck!!!!!!

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#466 14-10-2012 7:09pm

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balls the size of melons this guy has

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#467 14-10-2012 7:09pm

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So did he break the sound barrier?

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#468 14-10-2012 7:10pm

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768mph, I think he might have been short

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#469 14-10-2012 7:10pm

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where can i watch it

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#470 14-10-2012 7:10pm

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A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

So did he break the sound barrier?

Think he hit 729 mph. Speed of sound is 768

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#471 14-10-2012 7:11pm

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his visor is fogging up

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#472 14-10-2012 7:12pm

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Thought he was a goner when he was spinning like that, fair play to the guy some balls!

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#473 14-10-2012 7:12pm

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Jimoslimos wrote: »

768mph, I think he might have been short

Hope, over 7mph faster than sound.

761.207051 mph = speed of sound.

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#474 14-10-2012 7:12pm

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Visor problems

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#475 14-10-2012 7:12pm

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Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Think he hit 729 mph. Speed of sound is 768

Yeah just did a Google there to get the speed of sound...

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#476 14-10-2012 7:13pm

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How tf is he speaking so calmly?

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#477 14-10-2012 7:13pm

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Parachute open, thank fúck!

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#478 14-10-2012 7:13pm

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Did he just miss out on the Freefall record?

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#479 14-10-2012 7:14pm

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Did he just miss out on the Freefall record?

Yeah, by about 10 seconds

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#480 14-10-2012 7:14pm

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Missed the record by 20 seconds or something

What did he say stepping out of the capsule? "Higher you are, the smaller you become"?

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#481 14-10-2012 7:15pm

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Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Think he hit 729 mph. Speed of sound is 768

That's the sea level speed - it's lower at high altitudes. They're using ~690 mph. See the tables here for details.

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#482 14-10-2012 7:15pm

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that chaps a hero :cool:

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#483 14-10-2012 7:15pm

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He still has the highest even manned balloon and highest skydive record, so at least that's something!

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#484 14-10-2012 7:16pm

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Amazing stuff. Well done Felix.

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#485 14-10-2012 7:17pm

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Loved the shot of him celebrating on his knees... just amazing!

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#486 14-10-2012 7:17pm

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Get the wind direction right lads!!

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#487 14-10-2012 7:17pm

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Nice landing...my feet would have collapsed!

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#488 14-10-2012 7:17pm

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Down safe. That was f**king awesome.

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#489 14-10-2012 7:17pm

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Seems a lot of trouble to go to . He could have just eaten 500 cans of beans in a day or something.

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#490 14-10-2012 7:17pm

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Absolutely amazing!

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#491 14-10-2012 7:18pm

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Perfect landing - in to the wind, so he could just step on to the ground. Result!

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#492 14-10-2012 7:18pm

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Bollix. Went for a wee and missed it.

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#493 14-10-2012 7:18pm

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God, he made that seem so easy

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#494 14-10-2012 7:18pm

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That was awesome. Hats off Felix!

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#495 14-10-2012 7:19pm

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Redbull and Zenith must be laughing.. over 345m people were looking at it.

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#496 14-10-2012 7:20pm

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That is the most AMAZING thing I've witnessed in my short 21 years on this planet. I mean FÚCK!!!
That man has balls the size of the moon!

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#497 14-10-2012 7:20pm

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Pilotdude5 wrote: »

Get the wind direction right lads!!

Yah seriously!

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#498 14-10-2012 7:20pm

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Amazing stuff, glad i watched it live!

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#499 14-10-2012 7:20pm

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I declare that awesome!

Quite emotional (his mum his quite hot as well)

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#500 14-10-2012 7:21pm

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Made me a little emotional for some reason

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#501 14-10-2012 7:21pm

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DylanJM wrote: »

That is the most AMAZING thing I've witnessed in my short 21 years on this planet. I mean FÚCK!!!
That man has balls the size of the moon!

Yep, if they were any bigger he would need to put them in a wheelbarrow. Amazing.

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