![]() ![]() Interestingly, it was on 14 October 1947, 65 years to the day, that Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound at Mach 1.05 in X-1 Glamorous Glennis.īaumgartner was awarded the FAI Gold Parachuting Medal in 2014. He was ‘supersonic’ for 30 seconds, and reached Mach 1.25. His 14 October record still stands today, as does his fall distance record, but the exit altitude record was superseded by Alan Eustace in 2014, who rose up to the stratosphere suspended under a gas balloon, then jumped from 4,422m with a drogue parachute.īaumgartner (left) and Colonel Joseph Kittinger (right), who made a high altitude jump in 1960Īnd acted as capsule communicator for Baumgartner's jump.īaumgartner also became the first, person to break the speed of sound without the protection or propulsion of a vehicle. In this jump, Baumgartner broke his own maximum vertical speed record which he had set in March 2012. local time after flying non-stop for five days. Vertical Distance of Freefall (without drogue): 36,402.6 metres Pilot Andre Borschberg landed the Solar Impulse 2 plane in Kalaeloa, Hawaii at 5:55 a.m.Highest Exit (jump) Altitude: 38,969,4 metres.Maximum Vertical Speed (without drogue): 1,357.6 km/h.He made a freefall of 36.529m, some of it in a “violent spin” until he pulled his parachute, stabilised and floated safely to earth.Īmong the achievements made by this jump were three FAI world records: The jump itself was just 09m 03s long, but the achievements of the Stratos team have endured with two of the FAI records set still unbroken.Īt 38,969.4m altitude above Roswell, New Mexico, Baumgartner stepped out of the pressurised capsule which was suspended from a gas balloon, wearing a specially-designed suit. On 14 October 2012, more than eight million people tuned in online to watch the Austrian skydiver, Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of space. Voting Guidelines and Meeting Administration.FAI Medico-Physiological Commission (CIMP).FAI Microlight and Paramotor Commission (CIMA).FAI Hang Gliding and Paragliding Commission (CIVL).FAI Astronautic Records Commission (ICARE).Other portions of the spectrum have wavelengths too large or too small and energetic for the biological. Cone-shaped cells in our eyes act as receivers tuned to the wavelengths in this narrow band of the spectrum. ![]()
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