Red Bull Stratos
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Might do, when he finally gets of the ground. Nice live view of some blue sky at the moment!
Cheers R.
Cheers R.
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Must be being filmed on the new iPhone then.
Cheers R.
Cheers R.
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Funny you should say that, there was a tweet at the time asking the same thing. I just hope he's not using one to navigate his way back down
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Postponed until Sunday now.
Cheers R.
Cheers R.
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I guess he's superstitious...Saturday is the 13th....
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I bet all the delays were just so he could go today. 65 years to the day since Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier.
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Balloon launch due at 1700BST approx. Delayed due to high winds at 700ft (the top of the balloon). Wind speed now <5mph.
Pingu
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that was something else . at one point he went into a tumble at over 500 mph or more, and it looked terminal . but he managed to get stable again .........
im going to get this man a wheel barrow ....he will need it for his balls now
im going to get this man a wheel barrow ....he will need it for his balls now
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Damn, missed it - and I really wanted to watch it live. I think it's absolutely fantastic what he's doing - or rather, done.
John Walker
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i can say i watched history being made, its was smazin
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That was outstanding. The overhead shots just as he jumped were crazy, congratulations Felix you deserve a nice cup of tea now
Record claims are preliminary at the moment until ratified by governing bodies, but even so, what a nutter
There is a 2 hour BBC/NatGeo documentary coming up covering the 5 years of the project and the various attempts along the way. The live coverage said that would be in about a month, but that's probably for the yanks, rather than us license payers.
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There is a 2 hour BBC/NatGeo documentary coming up covering the 5 years of the project and the various attempts along the way. The live coverage said that would be in about a month, but that's probably for the yanks, rather than us license payers.
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this picture sums it up for me .........
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I knew that the speed of sound changes with altitude and wondered if he did break the sound barrier (as most believe it to be a constant [760mph approx]).
Wiki shows how the speed of sound varies with altitude. I'd be interested to know at what height he was at when he broke the barrier, which he undoubtedly did as the air is thinner where the sound barrier is lowest.
All credit to him - one small step for a man...
Wiki shows how the speed of sound varies with altitude. I'd be interested to know at what height he was at when he broke the barrier, which he undoubtedly did as the air is thinner where the sound barrier is lowest.
All credit to him - one small step for a man...
Pingu