Free fall Colonel Joe Kittinger, the highest skydive record from space
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Uploaded by Blatate on Oct 12, 2007
On August 16, 1960 USAF Colonel Joe Kittinger made a jump in aid of space research for NASA. Launching himself from the Excelsior III balloon at 102,800 feet (3 times the height a commercial jet travels at), he fell reaching the speed of sound before opening his parachute at 18,000 feet (5,500 m). He set records for highest balloon ascent, highest parachute jump, longest drogue-fall (14 min) and fastest speed by a man through the atmosphere unaided by a vehicle. His freefall lasted 4 minutes and 36 seconds - the length of this film. The song is by Alphaspin (http://www.myspace.com/alphaspin)
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Wow, that's intense!
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idk it just seems weird to think that the helium balloon is still floating in space somewhere
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Lunatic
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how did they get so many great shots of him falling???....kinda weird how they can get great shots of him falling from stationary cameras attached to the balloon
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I wonder wat happened to the balloon
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Thanks for this great piece of history :-)
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I had the honor of flying with Colonel Kittinger in a open cockpit biplane in 1996. He is a true gentleman, a national treasure, and was quite the daredevil! Thanks for posting!
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"at the altitude he jumped there was no air so there was no sound, no wind resistance, no friction so it felt like he was floating until he got to altitudes where there is air" My question is if there was no air at that altitude how did the balloon continue to lift him? I'm just curious. Was there no air or was it just not as dense as lower altitudes? Just curious.
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i think it should say he has the biggest balls in the world
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@vidasurf uhh lets take a guess....Ive got to jump??
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@kurtkob78 ummm I think it was other balloons that people were in. they just didn't jump
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Awesomee videoo!!
name song ??
vidasurf 2 years ago 5
Thanks vidasurf. Song called Colonel Joe by a band called Alphaspin. Bit of a fan ;)
Blatate 1 year ago 5