Felix Baumgartner skydive underway (updated)

Prestwich_Blue said:
SkyBlueFlux said:
An incredible achievement.

Though seeing figures quoted at 729mph, it depends on when he deployed his chute as to if he broke the speed of sound.

729 mph is the speed of sound at an altitude of about 10,000-15,000ft. So it depends on if he was travelling at that speed, at that altitude. It's a bit more complicated than just achieving a certain speed before he opened his chute.

The speed of sound at sea level is 761 mph, I believe. So it seems he hasn't achieved what we would call 'mach-1'.
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He reached that speed after about 40 seconds so should have been high enough (40,000ft?) to break Mach-1.
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In that case, he's definitely done it. Thought it was a bit closer than that. They'll probably still need to double-check things though before confirming things like top speeds.
 
That was quite something...

Got worried when he was spinning like a top and what a super cool landing.

Brilliant.

Can't wait for the BBC documentary...
 
sjk2008 said:
Does anyone know if there's a 'replay' for want of a better word of this jump?

I had to go out for a curry when he was at 80k ft.
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It might be on you tube already mate, not sure though. Good job he didn't have a curry at 80,000 feet.

Main website with a new conference coming up.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/</a>
 
was really surprised when he landed on his feet, was expecting his legs to fell asleep
 
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