Baumgardner parachute jump on Oct 9th on live TV

The Inspector · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:30 pm

Sorry for the ultra short notice, but @ 9 A.M. PDT/Noon EDT DISCOVERY CHANNEL will broadcast Felix Baumgardners parachute jump from 120,000+ feet altitude.

geek

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:25 am

You can also watch it here http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/ they are on a weather hold for now.

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:05 pm

Well he did it!!!!! Joe Kittengier (sp) was there calling the shots, all went well. :supz:

The Inspector · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:41 pm

And reportedly hit 1.24 Mach on the way.

I enjoyed seeing the look on Joe's face when he touched down, like a proud papa watching his kid score the winning run.

APG85 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:34 pm

Neat stuff!!!

The Inspector · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:27 pm

Just a random thought, but doesn't flight above 120,000 ft qualify you for Astronaut wings?? geek

mustanglover · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:59 pm

The Inspector wrote:

Just a random thought, but doesn't flight above 120,000 ft qualify you for Astronaut wings?? geek

I think it is 100km (62 miles) for qualification according to the FAI and 80km (50 miles) according to the US definition

The Inspector · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:48 pm

mustanglover wrote:

The Inspector wrote:

Just a random thought, but doesn't flight above 120,000 ft qualify you for Astronaut wings?? geek

I think it is 100km (62 miles) for qualification according to the FAI and 80km (50 miles) according to the US definition

That's a shame, if ANYONE was quafied for Astronaut wings, he's the guy!!!!! Several X-15 pilots got astronaut wings and the max altitude for the black dart was 48+ miles about 256,000 ft.
I was kind of hoping he'd say something clever before he jumped (or......was he pushed??? :shock:

) like 'Hope I don't slip' :lol:

or 'can I change my mind??'

CH2Tdriver · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:05 pm

The Inspector wrote:

mustanglover wrote:

The Inspector wrote:

Just a random thought, but doesn't flight above 120,000 ft qualify you for Astronaut wings?? geek

I think it is 100km (62 miles) for qualification according to the FAI and 80km (50 miles) according to the US definition

That's a shame, if ANYONE was quafied for Astronaut wings, he's the guy!!!!! Several X-15 pilots got astronaut wings and the max altitude for the black dart was 48+ miles about 256,000 ft.
I was kind of hoping he'd say something clever before he jumped (or......was he pushed??? :shock:

) like 'Hope I don't slip' :lol:

or 'can I change my mind??'

He did say something while standing there on the porch right before he jumped, but I couldn't make it out at the time. He said, "I know the whole world is watching now. I wish they could see what I can see. Sometimes you have to get up really high to see how small you are. I'm coming home now"

airnutz · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:22 am

The Inspector wrote:

And reportedly hit 1.24 Mach on the way.

I enjoyed seeing the look on Joe's face when he touched down, like a proud papa watching his kid score the winning run.

So the kid got the Mach record, but Col. Kittinger still has the record for duration by 16 seconds if I understand correctly?

bipe215 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:51 am

airnutz wrote:

The Inspector wrote:

And reportedly hit 1.24 Mach on the way.

I enjoyed seeing the look on Joe's face when he touched down, like a proud papa watching his kid score the winning run.

So the kid got the Mach record, but Col. Kittinger still has the record for duration by 16 seconds if I understand correctly?

I think that's because Joe used a 6' drogue for stabilization.

Steve

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 987

I missed the live broadcast, but watched all I could when I got home. This is the coolest avaition feat in a long time. I found out about this project about a year ago. Makes me want to take up skydiving.

Chappie

shrike · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:53 pm

bipe215 wrote:

airnutz wrote:

The Inspector wrote:

And reportedly hit 1.24 Mach on the way.

I enjoyed seeing the look on Joe's face when he touched down, like a proud papa watching his kid score the winning run.

So the kid got the Mach record, but Col. Kittinger still has the record for duration by 16 seconds if I understand correctly?

I think that's because Joe used a 6' drogue for stabilization.

Steve

I was wondering about that one. I figured he had just accelerated more in the first 20,000 feet.

airnutz · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:37 pm

shrike wrote:

bipe215 wrote:

airnutz wrote:

So the kid got the Mach record, but Col. Kittinger still has the record for duration by 16 seconds if I understand correctly?

I think that's because Joe used a 6' drogue for stabilization.

Steve

I was wondering about that one. I figured he had just accelerated more in the first 20,000 feet.

I figured Baumgardner gave up duration by intentionally going after maximum speed. Kittinger was more concerned with a stable descent as a safeguard against violently tumbling out of control...such as it was. One got the max speed, the other the longer duration. Just my 2cents.

Lightjug · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:42 pm

Wow. Just wow. That has to be the coolest thing I've seen in a loooonnnnggg time

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