76,400 feet (23,300 m) Skydive

[Tito.J 0]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excelsior

[MB38 0]

...yep.

I really don't know what I'm talking about.

[bigway 4]

Uh huh.
Have you got any other links to that?

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[azdiver 0]

i heard someone is planning on trying to break this record
cant remember the name but who ever it is hope they fun 103,000 feet or better that would be a fun jump

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[Tito.J 0]

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Uh huh.
Have you got any other links to that?

http://www.answers.com/topic/project-excelsior

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1856

More at http://www.google.com

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i heard someone is planning on trying to break this record
cant remember the name but who ever it is hope they fun 103,000 feet or better that would be a fun jump

I'd definitely love to see a video of that, and hell, I'd love to do it myself if possible one day.

[jakee 1,536]

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76,400 feet (23,300 m) Skydive

Shoulda kept reading, the highest of Kittinger's jumps was over 100,000 feet

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[Froggy 0]

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i heard someone is planning on trying to break this record
cant remember the name but who ever it is hope they fun 103,000 feet or better that would be a fun jump

The guy's name is Michel Fournier, the details about his project can be found HERE. He plans to jump from 130,000 ft (40,000m), actually breaking a sound barrier in freefall at around 35,000m. If everything goes as planned, he's going to break four world records in this jump:

- Altitude record for freefall
- Altitude record for human balloon flight
- Time record for longest freefall
- Speed record for fastest freefall

So far, he haven't had much success with the balloon launch for various reasons (I believe there were three attempts). The latest info is that he had deferred the next attempt to September 2007. We'll see...

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[akarunway 1]

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i heard someone is planning on trying to break this record
cant remember the name but who ever it is hope they fun 103,000 feet or better that would be a fun jump

The guy's name is Michel Fournier, the details about his project can be found HERE. He plans to jump from 130,000 ft (40,000m), actually breaking a sound barrier in freefall at around 35,000m. If everything goes as planned, he's going to break four world records in this jump:

- Altitude record for freefall
- Altitude record for human balloon flight
- Time record for longest freefall
- Speed record for fastest freefall

So far, he haven't had much success with the balloon launch for various reasons (I believe there were three attempts). The latest info is that he had deferred the next attempt to September 2007. We'll see...

Don't forget Cheryl Stearns>http://www.stratoquest.com/mission1.html

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[azdiver 0]

i thought it was a woman that was trying this but couldnt remeber her name didnt know there were two poeple trying it

light travels faster than sound, that's why some people appear to be bright until you hear them speak

[Froggy 0]

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Don't forget Cheryl Stearns>http://www.stratoquest.com/mission1.html

Yep, you are right. Actually, thought of her already after I posted. Here is another link: http://www.failuremag.com/arch_science_cheryl_stearns.html

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We were not born to fly. And all we can do is to try not to fall...

[piisfish 140]

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If everything goes as planned, he's going to break four world records in this jump:

- Altitude record for freefall
- Altitude record for human balloon flight
- Time record for longest freefall
- Speed record for fastest freefall

So far, he haven't had much success with the balloon launch for various reasons (I believe there were three attempts). The latest info is that he had deferred the next attempt to September 2007. We'll see...

he already broke the :
-Most expensive jump without jumping record
-Most cyber-ink in French record (in english would be Jeb's wingsuit landing)
-Most irresponsible jump (jumping with a rig which is grounded/forbidden even in the manufacturers country)

I still hope he does the jump, survives it and proves me wrong.

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[skinnyflyer 0]

"I'd definitely love to see a video of that, and hell, I'd love to do it myself if possible one day.

[skinnyflyer 0]

although i don't really understand how the surfing part has anything to do with the jump??

"Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives."
A. Sachs

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http://www.answers.com/topic/project-excelsior

In the article, it states:
"...in the 1950s, the USAF became increasingly concerned with the safety of flight crew who had to eject at high altitude. Tests with dummies had shown that a body in freefall at high altitude would often go into a flat spin at a rate of up to 200 revolutions per minute. This would be potentially fatal."


The dummies were not very good belly flyers, I see. Musta been newbies.

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