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Attempt on the Sound Barrier in Free Fall from 120,000ft !
http://www.youtube.com/redbull

Live now

Kick off in 30mins (as I type)

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Re: Attempt on the Sound Barrier in Free Fall from 120,000ft !
Thanks for the link. Watching it now.

Cheers!
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Re: Attempt on the Sound Barrier in Free Fall from 120,000ft !
No problem

This might take a while ;-)

The expected climb rate is 1000ft per minute -- so a couple of hours before he steps out of the capsule


The return journey shouldn't take as long at around 700mph !
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Re: Attempt on the Sound Barrier in Free Fall from 120,000ft !
Aborted for today due to high winds.
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Re: Attempt on the Sound Barrier in Free Fall from 120,000ft !
A real downer...

Better luck tomorrow!
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Re: Attempt on the Sound Barrier in Free Fall from 120,000ft !
Oh hum

Maybe tomorrow
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Re: Attempt on the Sound Barrier in Free Fall from 120,000ft !
Up up and away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MrIxH6DToXQ#!
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Re: Attempt on the Sound Barrier in Free Fall from 120,000ft !
He's back on the ground from around the 128,000ft mark !


Awesome
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Re: Attempt on the Sound Barrier in Free Fall from 120,000ft !
peace

He friggin' did it! Well done! Clocked at 1174km/h*, broke the sound barrier too!!!

applause

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Re: Attempt on the Sound Barrier in Free Fall from 120,000ft !
833.9 miles per hour from 128,100 ft - the Balloon did go higher.

Mach 1.086 (compared with speed of sound at standard atmospheric pressure and an air temperature of 20C - for the pedantic tired)

4 world records set

Highest manned balloon flight, highest jump, fastest freefall + over 8 million concurrent streams on YouTube

65 years to the day that Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 Rocket Plane known as Glamorous Glennis.

Red Bull had a great day yesterday applause

Dave (ardent Mclaren F1 Fan)
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