Los-Angeles-Shooter Loc: Los Angeles

A few moments after the start, from over 128,000 feet MSL, he not only broke the sound barrier but was way above Mach 1.


http://twistedsifter.com/videos/felix-baumgartner-space-jump-gopro/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Twistedsifter+%28TwistedSifter+%29

sammywoody Loc: Moncks Corner, SC

Until you think about it, just hard to imagine free falling above Mach 1, and of course the sound barrier speed changes with altitude, humidity, and temp. I remember my first back seat trip in an F-4D Phantom in Thailand in 1972 and we had external wing tanks, so couldn't go that fast - we did break Mach at 20,000 FT and did about 729-730 knots (838 MPH), a memorable experience the first time you do it.
And to imagine.....this guy went a few MPH faster than I did simply free falling, and I had a pair of J79s in full afterburner helping me - ha. What an experience that must have been for him - tks for sharing sir.

Los-Angeles-Shooter Loc: Los Angeles

In the video, at one point he appeared to be spinning rapidly. I wish the video had an explanation of that, and an explanation of how he got stabilized.