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Author Topic: 23 Mile High Skydive  (Read 8183 times)

Offline Scott

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #15 on: October 09, 2012, 07:26:45 PM »
Too bad.  Hope they get it going this week.
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Offline Ian

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #16 on: October 09, 2012, 07:30:59 PM »
Too right, the camera resolution should be a bit better than when Joe Kittenger done it in '60.
An aircraft landing is just a controlled crash.

Offline Scott

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2012, 05:45:30 PM »
It's LIVE - up to 21000m at the moment.  He should be jumping in about an hour and a half if all goes well.
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Online Dare

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2012, 05:52:29 PM »
Discovery Channel is showing it live here
Mark Twain once opined, "it's easier to con someone than to convince them they've been conned."

Offline greener_09

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2012, 07:22:57 PM »
Wow what an amazing thing to watch.Fair play to the guy what a nutter.It got a bit worrying when he started to spin glad it all went ok

Online Dare

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #20 on: October 14, 2012, 07:24:31 PM »
Kind of makes my 3,000 foot static line jump
look small in comparison.

I bet I beat him being scared :o
Mark Twain once opined, "it's easier to con someone than to convince them they've been conned."

Offline Ian

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #21 on: October 14, 2012, 07:28:13 PM »
And I thought I done well jumping a mile and a quarter high off of a mountain.
An aircraft landing is just a controlled crash.

Online Dare

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #22 on: October 14, 2012, 07:38:52 PM »
I have to admit when the door opened and he
stood on the platform my stomach twinged
just a wee bit
Mark Twain once opined, "it's easier to con someone than to convince them they've been conned."

Offline Scott

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #23 on: October 14, 2012, 07:43:14 PM »
My mouth went dry. 

I was worried for a bit when he wasn't responding to some of the checklist questions. I thought maybe he had altitude sickness - it brings on a sort of dementia.  Then when he was spinning like crazy during his speed record attempt (any word?  Did he make that one?  The feed we had was in Austrian, and well, those Austrians are a bit hard to understand sometimes).  Glad to see he managed to arrest it.  I guess that's what screwed his attempt to have the longest freefall - he wasted too much altitude going for the speed record.

Pretty exciting to watch.  I'm sure the documentary will be a good watch when it comes out.  :good: :good:
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Offline greener_09

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #24 on: October 14, 2012, 09:10:20 PM »
Last i heard Scott he did get the speed record it just had to be verified

Offline Ian

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #25 on: October 14, 2012, 09:45:08 PM »
He broke the sound barrier.
An aircraft landing is just a controlled crash.

Online Dare

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #26 on: October 15, 2012, 12:44:00 AM »
Mark Twain once opined, "it's easier to con someone than to convince them they've been conned."

Offline Wizzo

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #27 on: October 15, 2012, 12:25:44 PM »
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Offline Ian

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #28 on: October 15, 2012, 02:43:54 PM »
Thought's just occurred to me, we all saw Felix land safely, but what about the capsule, it ain't just gonna fly off into space is it. Does the balloon burst when it gets too high, and if it does, that capsule sure could ruin someone's day when it comes hurtling back to earth ?
An aircraft landing is just a controlled crash.

Offline Scott

Re: 23 Mile High Skydive
« Reply #29 on: October 15, 2012, 04:44:09 PM »
After he landed they showed briefly a shot of the capsule also coming down with a parachute.  I imagine it didn't land quite so softly though, so perhaps that's why they left it out of the reportage.
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