Joseph Kittinger still holds the record.He set historical numbers for highest balloon ascent, highest parachute jump, longest drogue-fall (four minutes), and fastest speed by a human being through the atmosphere.
1 posted on
03/15/2012 8:16:05 PM PDT by
U-238
To: U-238
Kittenger is currently advising Felix Baumgartner .
2 posted on
03/15/2012 8:17:24 PM PDT by
U-238
To: U-238
Why is it called a jump?? It’s really a gravity induced fall.
LOL
5 posted on
03/15/2012 8:22:02 PM PDT by
Ecliptic
To: U-238
I jumped from 13,500 feet...once... and it was tandem. It was the most fun I ever had, just need to do it more often.
I had it video taped and they dubbed in Van Halen's 'Jump'. Maybe I'll go again when my kid turns 16.
6 posted on
03/15/2012 8:24:00 PM PDT by
scripter
("You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis)
To: U-238
I saw Kittengers jump on TV the other day.
Terrifying.
8 posted on
03/15/2012 8:27:09 PM PDT by
mylife
To: U-238
Joseph Kittinger still holds the record... 
To: U-238
Has there been video of this test jump posted anywhere?
14 posted on
03/15/2012 8:58:41 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: U-238
I feel off a 100 foot ladder once...
Thank god I was only on the second step!
17 posted on
03/15/2012 9:24:24 PM PDT by
hadaclueonce
(you are paying 12% more for fuel because of Ethanol. Smile big Corn Lobby,)
To: U-238
23 posted on
03/16/2012 6:24:00 AM PDT by
Daffynition
(On Andrew Breitbart: In his honor, I'll fight harder...He'll be back and he'll be millions.)
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