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  • #61
    Re: First Unassisted Human Breaking Sound Barrier (Live)

    Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
    Missed the longest freefall by 17 seconds.
    I could not understand why he popped the chute that early. It's not like he was close to the ground at that point.

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    • #62
      Re: First Unassisted Human Breaking Sound Barrier (Live)

      Originally posted by goldy_331 View Post
      I could not understand why he popped the chute that early. It's not like he was close to the ground at that point.
      There was an automatic chute opening in some cases; I'm not sure if that was one of them.

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      • #63
        Re: First Unassisted Human Breaking Sound Barrier (Live)

        Originally posted by alfablue View Post
        Well, that should easily be more than the speed of sound at the conditions that he passed through. At -18c Mach 1 is 320m/s
        http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/ is reporting the peak speed at Mach 1.24, well over the speed of sound. Not bad.

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        • #64
          Re: First Unassisted Human Breaking Sound Barrier (Live)

          Originally posted by goldy_331 View Post
          I could not understand why he popped the chute that early. It's not like he was close to the ground at that point.
          Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
          There was an automatic chute opening in some cases; I'm not sure if that was one of them.
          His visor had fogged up because of a broken heater in his helmet. I'm sure that was a significant concern. It was not an automatic chute opening. A reserve (automatic) chute would have been much smaller.
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          • #65
            Re: First Unassisted Human Breaking Sound Barrier (Live)

            Originally posted by goldy_331 View Post
            I could not understand why he popped the chute that early. It's not like he was close to the ground at that point.
            leave one record for Kittinger out of respect?

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            • #66
              Re: First Unassisted Human Breaking Sound Barrier (Live)

              Originally posted by BassAle View Post
              leave one record for Kittinger out of respect?
              Speaking of Kittinger. I thought it was great that Kittinger was involved in this whole deal. Even better was what Felix said when someone asked him where he would be in 40 years: "Hopefully in the same position as Joe (Kittinger) helping someone break my record." Just tons of class from both of these guys.

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              • #67
                Re: First Unassisted Human Breaking Sound Barrier (Live)

                http://www.brobible.com/life/article...eadcam-footage

                There was a time I really thought I was in trouble. I had to decide to fight all the way down and I finally got stable. That spin became so violent it was hard to know how to get out of it. I was able to get it under control and break the speed of sound. I could feel myself break the speed of sound. I could feel the air building up and then I hit it.
                Thats pretty cool right there.

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