Showing posts with label Skydiver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skydiver. Show all posts
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Skandanavian skydiver's narrow miss with 'meteorite' - Video
Video footage has emerged of what some people have claimed is a meteorite falling to Earth and narrowly missing a skydiver, Anders Helstrup.
One specialist suggested the object might be in "dark flight" - the portion of descent when a meteorite stops glowing after it enters the atmosphere.
Others were more sceptical, saying the object did not appear to be travelling fast enough.
The incident took place in June 2012 in southern Norway and the region has since been combed to find the space rock.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Felix Baumgartner: First manned skydiving test flight
The Austrian lifted off aboard a helium balloon for the test jump. He rode inside a pressurised capsule to an altitude of 13.6 miles (21.8 kilometres), then jumped.
Baumgartner is aiming for nearly 23 miles (37 kilometres) this summer. The record is 19.5 miles (31.3 kilometres).
For comparison, commercial jets generally cruise at over 30,000 feet (9 kilometers).
Baumgartner reached speeds of up to 364.4 mph (586.4 kph) and was in free fall for three minutes and 43 seconds before pulling his parachute cords.
The entire jump lasted eight minutes and eight seconds...
Picture: EPA/Jay Nemeth / GLOBAL NEWSROOM
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Skydiver to Attempt Record-Breaking Supersonic Space Jump
Sponsored by energy drink Red Bull, Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, 41, plans to skydive from a balloon in the stratosphere at an altitude of 120,000 feet (36,576 meters).
If he can do it, he'll become the first person to break the sound barrier outside of an aircraft.
He'll also break a trio of other records that have stood for more than 50 years: Baumgartner's plunge would mark the highest skydive, the highest manned balloon flight and the longest free fall, at about 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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