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Red bull stratos skydiver felix baumgartner breaks sound barrier. Austrian daredevil felix baumgartner broke the speed of sound by. First person to break sound barrier in freefall did that. Media captionhighlights from felix baumgartners leap into the record books. About a third of the way down, baumgartner reached mach 1. Daredevil felix baumgartner breaks sound barrier in leap from the.

Coincidentally, baumgartners attempted feat also marked the 65th anniversary of u. Felix baumgartners free fall from space sets five new. Felix baumgartner hd first man to break sound barrier 14mead. Felix baumgartner completes 24mile skydive from space to. As the first human to officially break the sound barrier, on october 14, 1947, he flew the experimental bell x1 at mach 1 and an altitude of 45,000 feet,700 m, for which he won both the collier and mackay trophies in 1948. Austrian daredevil felix baumgartner became the first man to break the sound barrier in a recordshattering, deathdefying freefall jump on. Skydiver felix baumgartner breaks sound barrier bbc news. First person to break sound barrier in freefall an unprecedented eight million people went onto youtube on 14 october 2012 to witness the gamechanging moment austrian skydiver felix baumgartner completed a parachute jump from a height of 38,969. The first man to break the speed of sound in freefall youtube. An unprecedented eight million people went onto youtube on 14 october 2012 to witness the gamechanging moment austrian skydiver felix baumgartner completed a parachute jump from a height of 38,969. Within the next few hours, felix would be back on earth having become the first human to break the sound barrier in freefall. The sound barrier or sonic barrier is the sudden increase in aerodynamic drag and other undesirable effects experienced by an aircraft or other object when it approaches the speed of sound. Felix baumgartner, better known as fearless felix, has broken the sound barrier during his daredevil jump from space and landed back on earth safely. Stan barrett breaking the sound barrier live from edwards air force.

According to a new book, world war ii hero and civilian test pilot. Felix baumgartner, an austrian skydiver hoping to break the records for. Felix baumgartners supersonic freefall from 128k mission highlights. Felix baumgartners supersonic freefall from 128k mission. The untold story of who really first broke the sound barrier. Chuck yeager was an american test pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier the point where a speeding object such as an airplane passes the speed of sound. The first man to break the speed of sound in freefall austrias felix baumgartner earned his place in the history books. The 43yearold also set new records for the highest freefall parachute jump both faisanctioned and unsanctioned, the highest vertical speed in freefall and the. Felix baumgartners free fall from space sets five new world records. Skydiver felix baumgartner breaks sound barrier youtube.

When aircraft first began to be able to reach close to the speed of sound, these effects were seen as constituting a barrier making faster speeds very difficult or impossible. Skydiver survives 24mile high jump, breaks sound barrier. A skydiver is set to become the first person to break the sound barrier during a free fall by leaping from a balloon on the edge of space later this. He then went on to break several other speed and altitude records. Felix baumgartner, the man who tried to break the worlds freefall record by jumping from 23 miles above the earth, breaking the sound barrier. A former member of the british parachute regiment, tom read was preparing to freefall more than 23 miles in order to become the first person to break the sound barrier unassisted. Sky diver to break sound barrier with jump from edge of space. The first human to break the speed of sound in a freefall yatzer.