Red Bull Stratos Near Space Jump

[lordmonar]

On the Ground!  Way to go Felix!

[AngelWings]

That by far is the most baddest ass thing I've ever seen someone do!

[lordmonar]

That by far is the most baddest ass thing I've ever seen someone do!

I loved it!  Stand in the door, disconnect your O2, salute (flip off) the world and take a little step forward!

[NIN]

The aerospace discussions around this one would be ENDLESS.

[Silent Panther]

The aerospace discussions around this one would be ENDLESS.

And all of a sudden, my squadron is doing AE this week. That was truly an amazing feat! To know that he did it three hours from me made it even cooler.

[lordmonar]

The aerospace discussions around this one would be ENDLESS.

I'm gonna drag my rig out of the garage and take it to the meeting for a little free fall AE discussion. 

[Critical AOA]

Well, I for one am not too happy about all of this.  Now when I tell the ladies that I used to skydive and once jumped from a height of 14,500', they will just laugh at me and throw out Baumgartner's altitude.  [darn] you Felix!  [darn] you!

On a serious note, I am glad he succeeded overall and set some new records.  I am also glad that he pulled a bit high and as a result Joe Kittinger still owns one record.

And speaking of Kittinger, I read that at the post jump press conference that he offered a one fingered salute to all of the naysayers who had predicted Felix would fly to pieces if he went that fast.  That old guy rocks!

Congrats to both of these extraordinary gentlemen. 

[NIN]

The aerospace discussions around this one would be ENDLESS.

I'm gonna drag my rig out of the garage and take it to the meeting for a little free fall AE discussion.

Let me know if you want my PPT on the subject.  Having done "The Aerodynamics of Sport Parachuting" a number of times for CAP, its a barn burner

[lordmonar]

The aerospace discussions around this one would be ENDLESS.

I'm gonna drag my rig out of the garage and take it to the meeting for a little free fall AE discussion.

Let me know if you want my PPT on the subject.  Having done "The Aerodynamics of Sport Parachuting" a number of times for CAP, its a barn burner

Send it!

lordmonar@yahoo.com

[NIN]

Send it!

lordmonar@yahoo.com

26mb. I'll send you a link

[lordmonar]

Send it!

lordmonar@yahoo.com

26mb. I'll send you a link

Messaged Received. All data good.  Thanks Out!

[SarDragon]

Stratos jump successful!

[starshippe]

   thats a "long time to hang in the sky" as john denver would put it...
   i found this u tube link   Red Bull Stratos - Felix Baumgartner (freefall from the edge of space) [Full jump HD]
   but did not see any video from the jumper. are there other links with his video? mighta been a bit cool for a video cam on the way down.

bill

[♠SARKID♠]

Freaking. Awesome.
Didn't get to see it live, working today, but found this copy of the raw footage.

Felix Baumgartner Record Jump-Egress and Fall

[♠SARKID♠]

Then and Now

[Майор Хаткевич]

Then is WAY more impressive. Their technology is so archaic by our standards now...I don't think ANYONE today would jump the same way as they did.

[Майор Хаткевич]

Found some of the "helmet cam" footage:

http://io9.com/5951746/first+person-footage-from-felix-baumgartners-space-jump-will-make-your-head-spin?tag=space-jump

[a2capt]

From the surface of it .. you have to laugh.
From the reality of it, that's not quite true.

[Rauburg]

Kittinger still holds the record for the longest free fall time and I am really glad that he still has a place in the record books.

[NIN]

Kittinger still holds the record for the longest free fall time and I am really glad that he still has a place in the record books.

Mostly due to the difference between drogue-fall and freefall.