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Thailand’s Red Bull and The World’s Highest Free Fall in History

By Thitiphan Deepet Pattaya Times 19.10.2012

Felix Baumgartner of Austria jumps out of the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos on October 14, 2012 in space. He broke the world record for the highest free fall in history after making a 23-mile ascent in capsule.

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner leapt into the stratosphere from a balloon hovering near the edge of space 24 miles above Earth on October 14th, breaking as many as three world records including the highest skydive ever. Pending verification by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), an air sports governing agency based in Lausanne, Switzerland, preliminary data showed that the jump had set three new world records, including (1) maximum altitude of 24.261 miles; (2) maximum free fall speed of 834.4 miles an hour, or Mach 1.24, breaking the sound barrier assisted only by gravity; and (3) total free fall distance of 119,846 feet.

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Pattaya Beach Area Cleanup Planned Siripun Sinbuathong 21.11.2009	Mekong Countries Need to Ready Themselves for Climate Impacts Visith Pinpawong 21.11.2009
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