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Offline luckee
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« on: June 01, 2002, 10:51:59 AM »
Wouldn\'t be me!!!
"On August 16, 1960, Kittinger jumped his last Excelsior jump, doing so from an
                   air-thin height of 102,800 feet (31,334 meters). From that nearly 20 miles altitude, his
                   tumble toward terra firma took some 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Exceeding the
                   speed of sound during the fall"



MOre info
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_diving_010608.html
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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2002, 11:07:50 AM »
One question: Why
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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2002, 11:10:12 AM »
w00t, that would be fun to try out...
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2002, 11:33:36 AM »
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Originally posted by Clowd
One question: Why


Another question: Why not?
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« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2002, 11:36:53 AM »
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Originally posted by Kimahri


Another question: Why not?


Dunno
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« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2002, 12:46:52 PM »
:laughing: God, I would love that!  Going faster than the speed of sound. :surprised
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« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2002, 01:11:40 PM »
Funny story about this guy.  I met him a few years back.  They have a big Sun and Fun flyin here in Tampa every year.  I met him because he takes people up in his by-plane.  


So here\'s the deal.  A couple of years ago we had a large fire right next to the airport where everyone camps.  Actually it wasn\'t even at the airport, it was just outside the airport in the woods.

We are talking to Joe and he is telling us about the jump and some other things he\'s done.  So we then interview him and you know how reporters try and get people to say things like, "Oh I was scared," or "Never seeen anything like that in my neghiborhood."

Well she actually asked the dude who jumped out of a plane in a different freaking atmosphere if he was scared.  Um, hello!!!  The fire was a half mile away.  This guy jumps out of planes 102,000 feet up!!  

I was so freaking emberassed.

Anyway, he is still alive and very lively.
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« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2002, 05:15:44 PM »
I don\'t see anything wrong with it..Then again, I do love skydiving, so to me that just likes the next natrual step....
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« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2002, 05:20:12 PM »
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I don\'t see anything wrong with it..Then again, I do love skydiving, so to me that just likes the next natrual step....


skydiving is cool..being a human F14 breaking the sound barrier is scary:eek:
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« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2002, 06:24:33 PM »
i doubt he broke the sound barrier, he would be deaf as his eardrums would implode

ever hear a sonic boom?
its frightening

speed of sound is 760 mph
he fell 102,800 feet , thats only about 19 miles and some change

hmmmmm
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« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2002, 06:31:22 PM »
faoweghpa9webpwa9egbawuerbgpawlrkmbgh0w4p9327620672tgnasorugb30497g027bpaerguin04378b267b32360137b60246bdfmbpi2u6b24976b4262494u6b244jlk2b yp92a.    thats pretty amazing.
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« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2002, 06:32:03 PM »
When something breaks the sound barrier, it just sounds like thunder.
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« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2002, 06:36:42 PM »
"like" thunder?   hmmmmph

what is unaided terminal velocity, 1024 ft/sec  ?

to hit sound barrier, he\'d need 11146 ft/sec (760 mi/hr) roughly
(unless this internet conversion calc.  is wrong)

did he take jango fett\'s backpack?
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« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2002, 07:14:09 PM »
think about it..you really think something of this magnitude wasnt recorded and logged with the utmost scrutiny? besides the air isnt as dense that high for some distance, so terminal velocity doesnt come into play untill he gets a little lower.

As for going deaf, I would think the sound would be "after" him if I remember how this works. The people doing these things are WELL protected..wearing the same suits that astronauts use.
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« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2002, 07:19:21 PM »
He could definitely hear....

"So did the fire get you scared?"
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