Free fall record!! wow

[Aston]

did anybody see 43 yr old felix baumgartners free fall record on the news the other day??
128,000 feet above the earth and the most amazing thing is his free fall accelerated past the speed of sound :yikes: 729 miles per hour

look at the video

[video=youtube;FHtvDA0W34I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHtvDA0W34I[/video]

 

[Gazzer]

yep watched it live.

 

[Colour Republic]

that is sooooo last week! where have you been Ed?

watched it live too

 

[Aston]

ohhh the enthusiasm radiating from this forum tonight lol ;0)

ok for anybody who did miss it, or didnt stay up to watch it live, its worth a view

 

[Gazzer]

Didn't he break another record too. For the most watched you tube vid??

 

[Gazzer]

Oh and Ed....you didnt have to stay up as it was in the day time ! :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Aston]

no mate
lee, ray and gary's adhesive spreading video holds that record ;0)

 

[AliGage]

I did that same jump last week. lol

Pretty nuts though. I've done a few parachute jumps, bungees etc. But seriously, how do you get the balls to do that one. Would of been so funny if the computers got the altitude wrong, he got out and just floated off into outer space rather than falling.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

done a few myself Ali and you actually feel safer the higher the altitude,,,but that goes a long way to topping my heighest of 14500 feet:lol:

 

[Aston]

its not the height that blew me away, its the thought of a man falling at 729 mph!!
i thought you'd pass out at that speed of sound

 

[AliGage]

I wonder how much of it he actually remembers, lol.

 

[nybor62]

first time ive seen it thx ed , just crawled out of my cave

 

[White Room]

First time for me aswell, I would have been cacking it.

 

[cam_low]

I was blown away, I want a go!

 

[Aston]

Oh and Ed....you didnt have to stay up as it was in the day time ! :smilewinkgrin:

now now neale, sarcasm doesnt suit you ;0) actually it does, keep it going mate :0)