Joe Kittinger's 1960 Jump - Revisited
The timing seems right for a revisitation of Joe Kittinger's famous jump in 1960. Having reached a height of 15km in a fighter jet, Dr Iain Stewart recounts military pilot Joe Kittinger's 1960 balloon ascent to and jump from 31km above the Earth. Also a little educational info about the upper atmosphere.
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Added: Oct-18-2012
By: Ill Advised
In: History
Tags: Joe Kittinger, balloon jump, freefall, atmosphere, stratosphere, 1960
Marked as: approved
Views: 2052 | Comments: 19 | Votes: 8 | Favorites: 2 | Shared: 0 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
By: Ill Advised
In: History
Tags: Joe Kittinger, balloon jump, freefall, atmosphere, stratosphere, 1960
Marked as: approved
Views: 2052 | Comments: 19 | Votes: 8 | Favorites: 2 | Shared: 0 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
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Excellent upload..thanks
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Posted Oct-18-2012 ByWyseguy67 (4033.90) 
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and he lit up a cigarette...
Posted Oct-18-2012 Byabsu69 (2114.74) absu69 View Channel Send Message
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much more amazing than the redbull one.....raw
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Posted Oct-18-2012 Bybuoymarker (573.60) 
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Awesome, thanks
Posted Oct-18-2012 Byfalsephrophet (1117.40) 
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"freefall as an unbroken record"
Still is, longest, if I recall right.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e99_1349940087
Thanks for the vid.
Voted for the Man.
Posted Oct-18-2012 ByBuzz1964 (1057.52) 
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Christ, if felix would have lit a cig after, he would have been the most hated person on the planet.
Posted Oct-18-2012 ByLickMyDuck (540.90) 
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@LickMyDuck Haha people are insane.
Posted Oct-18-2012 ByIntellectual (755.34) Intellectual View Channel Send Message
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and the hero smokes a cigarette when he's done, hah!
Posted Oct-18-2012 ByBasard (167.68) 
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Very informative, if I would have learned about this stuff in school this way I might have remembered it lol.
Posted Oct-18-2012 ByWankzilla (159.40) 
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@Wankzilla school teaches you shit i don't remember fuck all from school except that my PE teacher was a arn perv that used to watch us in the showers.
Posted Oct-18-2012 By7ShadesofSunday (495.02) 
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Is it just me or is that video better quality than the recent Red Bull one? and ....no stupid fish eye lens!
Posted Oct-18-2012 ByVfor (192.50) Vfor View Channel Send Message
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back then when this was cool and a real achievement and not some PR campaign
Posted Oct-18-2012 ByBCAA (287.90) 
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Thanks for upload. Interesting thing.
Voted for jump + space.
Posted Dec-11-2012 Byfreetitanic (426.00) 
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serty kilomiters
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
Posted Oct-18-2012 Bypipiineye (7.60) 
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this is just mental when you consider how in its infancy the technology was, let alone the parachute tech. the fucking suit even leaked, seriously brave man.
Posted Oct-18-2012 By7ShadesofSunday (495.02) 
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This does remain the longest freefall in history. That record was not broken. Others were such as altitude and speed.
Posted Oct-18-2012 Bythirstyschaivo (248.40) thirstyschaivo View Channel Send Message
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