Skydiving Records

[ASullivan 0]

Does anyone know what the record for the worlds highest skydive is and where i can get some information on it.

[BillyVance 34]

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Does anyone know what the record for the worlds highest skydive is and where i can get some information on it.

I believe if you do a google search on "Steve Kittinger", You'll find some good references.

Edited to add: When you do that search, pick the one called "Kittinger's Long Lonely Leap".

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[pms07 3]

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Does anyone know what the record for the worlds highest skydive is and where i can get some information on it.

I believe if you do a google search on "Steve Kittinger", You'll find some good references.

Maybe try Joe Kittinger instead...

Joseph Kittinger, Jr. is best known for his high-altitude balloon flights and parachute jumps that he made while heading the U.S. Air Force's "Project Excelsior" in the 1950s. The project's goal was to solve the problems of high-altitude bailout. It used a high-altitude balloon with an open gondola to travel to the edge of space, with the pilot parachuting from the gondola to the ground.

On November 16, 1959, Kittinger piloted Excelsior I to 76,000 feet (23,165 meters) and returned to Earth by jumping, free falling, and parachuting to the desert floor in New Mexico. He followed this with the flight of Excelsior II, launched on December 11, 1959. This balloon climbed to 74,700 feet (22,769 meters) before Kittinger jumped from his gondola.

[blazetailman 0]

Joe Kittenger's record of 102,800 feet set in 1960.

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[BenHall 0]

He broke the sound barrier, with his body!!! My hero

[eBeran 0]

on another note...
...it hasn't been done yet, I believe this man/team is trying to break that record along with breaking the sound barrier:
http://www.legrandsaut.org/site_en/
I think there's an Australian women also going for the record, but I can't remember who =/

[rushmc 18]

....another attempt


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[BillyVance 34]

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I bellieve if you do a google search on "Steve Kittinger", You'll find some good references.

Maybe try Joe Kittinger instead...[Reply]
Oops! Yup... Well I got the last name right, and luckily, my search still pulled up the right articles...

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[ltdiver 3]

Then there is American Cheryl Stearns.

http://www.stratoquest.com/

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[mjosparky 3]

"A jump from 102,800 feet by U.S. Col. Joseph Kittinger in 1960 was disqualified by the FAI, because he used a stabilizing drogue."

Eugene Andreev for Russia holds the record. In 1962 he jumped from 83,500 feet and opened at 3,100 feet for the highest jump and the longest freefall.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[174fps 1]

Looks like Fournier is going to try again in 2005

http://www.legrandsaut.org/site_en/

look at the front page of the attached news article on his site
Clay will get all excited
baaaaaaaaaaa

Andrew

[bobsled92 0]

The FASTEST (below 15,000ft) is Mark Calland.
He got 316mph in "the measuring zone" of 8,000 to 5,500ft in practice at Hilbastow, Eng.
I'm still trying to get past 249mph
see site below.

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[ltdiver 3]

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I'm still trying to get past 249mph

Hey, you're at least faster than a bird!

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon