The Red Bull 23 Mile Skydive

[bootneck02]

Great stuff, admire his guts

 

[Anon_F]

Heck of a jump, the guy has guts.
Was a mention he was now retiring from parachuting?

 

[Becky]

Amazing stuff! That bit of the video where he is standing on the edge about to leap off was incredible. It must be quite a feeling to stand on top of the world

 

[V_R]

Well i ended up watching it live on the BBC website on my phone as i was out and about, must have looked like a right loon staring at my phone all that time! lol

But, fair play to him, and just as he was about to jump, wow what a view!

 

[V_R]

Lego or it didn't happen.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/15/mini_baumgartner/

 

[V_R]

Felix Baumgartner's Headcam Footage

 

[Anon_F]

and he opened his chute 1 min early.
not surprised after the amount he had free fallen.
heck of away to finish parachuting by doing "the big" one as your last jump!

 

[V_R]

He opened the chute early due to the spin and his visor fogging up... He said in the press conference that he nearly had a 'red out' if i remember correctly.

 

[bootneck02]

I see V_R is a El Reg reader

 

[Anon_F]

did you never jump bootneck in the commandos?

 

[bootneck02]

Yes but not in the Royals. The first time rely exhilarating then nearly wet pants time wondering if that piece of silk is going to open and the jar which is very reassuring when the thing opens. It is rely surprising how quick in the last 100ft comes up to meet you. I went on a 3 day private course when I was in the Fire Service, at Headcorn airfield. The airfield is interesting it is all grass and was a USAF base for Mustangs during WW 2 the original temporary buildings are still there and in use. They have a museum withe wartime relics etc. The field is privately owned and has a flying school there and of course they have para shooting there as well and as well as having a air display every year with WW2 aircraft and military vehicles.

 

[V_R]

A couple of highlight reels from the RB YT channel...

Still in awe of what he did, that view!

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EDIT:

Also, head cam footage embedded.

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[V_R]

If your interested......

This Sunday, 20.30, BBC HD.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

In this one-off documentary, Space Dive tells the behind-the-scenes story of Felix Baumgartner's historic, record-breaking freefall from the edge of space to Earth.

The world watched with bated breath when Felix became the first person to freefall through the sound barrier on 15 October 2012, after jumping from 128,100ft (24 miles) from the edge of space.

Space Dive features footage, which until now has been kept closely under wraps, from cameras attached to Felix, as he broke through the sound barrier. The documentary follows Felix as he underwent years of training under the watchful eye of 82-year-old colonel Joe Kittinger, the man who set the original record when he fell 19 miles to Earth (102,000 feet) 50 years ago, since which two men died in similar attempts.

During Felix's intense physical training, the cameras capture the basejumper as he struggles to overcome a severe claustrophic reaction to the movement-restricting pressure suit, and how the mission came close to aborting in the final stages of the ascent, and saw just how close Felix came to spinning and tumbling to unconsciousness during the jump.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nts6t