Highjump

[ICEMAN]

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[ICEMAN]

Balloons leave skydiver behind
27/05/2008 16:12 - (SA)

Saskatchewan - A French skydiver's hope to set a new free-fall record has been dealt another setback - his ride to the sky left without him.
The helium balloon Michel Fournier was going to use to soar to the stratosphere detached from the capsule he was going to use to jump from 40 000 metres.
It happened as the balloon was being inflated on the ground at the airport in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
The balloon drifted away into the sky without the capsule.
Fournier, 64, planned to make the attempt on Monday, but had to postpone due to weather conditions.

I think he planned this to happen. Now nobody can say that he was to scared!!

Maybe he is a forum member, read our posts, and re-thought the whole mach 1.68 thing as being a bit risky.......
........ we can always send in vernon koekemoer as a replacment coz he dont take #$%^&!!

[Cali]

At that speed he'll have no hair, nevermind a bad hair day. Moto-X goggles I think will not work here.

Ek dink hy gaan sy gat af val.

Nee Boer. Ek dink hy gaan reg deur sy gat val.

[LarryMcG]

What about heat / friction??? Maybe he would have used tiles, like the space shuttle????

In flight flame thrower!

LM

[craig]

From Google

The third and final test, Excelsior III, was made on August 16, 1960. During the ascent, the pressure seal in Kittinger's right glove failed, and he began to experience severe pain in his right hand. (See Effects of vacuum on humans.) He decided not to inform the ground crew about this, in case they should decide to abort the test. Despite temporarily losing the use of his right hand, he continued with the ascent, climbing to an altitude of 102,800 feet (31,300 m).[2] The ascent took one hour and 31 minutes and broke the previous manned balloon altitude record of 101,516 feet (30,942 m), which was set by Major David Simons as part of Project Manhigh in 1957. Kittinger stayed at peak altitude for 12 minutes, waiting for the balloon to drift over the landing target area. He then stepped out of the gondola to begin his descent.

The small stabilizer chute deployed successfully and Kittinger fell for 4 minutes and 36 seconds,[2] setting a still-standing world record for the longest parachute free-fall (although some authorities do not count this as a free-fall record because of the use of the stabilizer chute). At an altitude of 17,500 feet (5,300 m), Kittinger opened his main chute and landed safely in the New Mexico desert. The whole descent took 13 minutes and 45 seconds[3] and set the current world record for the highest parachute jump. During the descent, Kittinger experienced temperatures as low as −94 °F (−70 °C). In the free-fall stage, he reached a top speed of 614 mph (988 km/h or 274 m/s).

An hour and thirty-one minutes after launch, my pressure altimeter halts at 103,300 feet. At ground control the radar altimeters also have stopped-on readings of 102,800 feet, the figure that we later agree upon as the more reliable. It is 7 o'clock in the morning, and I have reached float altitude…. Though my stabilization chute opens at 96,000 feet, I accelerate for 6,000 feet more before hitting a peak of 614 miles an hour, nine-tenths the speed of sound at my altitude[4].

A plaque attached below the open door of the Excelsior III gondola read, "This is the highest step in the world


This was done in 1960 nogal ,what a mana ,at the time he worked for the USAF ,and it was just part of the job