FELIX FELL

Felix fell from a height of 39,045 metres.  I do not know if this is a Jump or a Fall.  Whatever that was but it was a truly awesome record to create.  Felix Baumgartner has now made the world record of making the highest and fastest jump in history.  He took off in a helium baloon to an altitude of 39,045 metres and made the jump to mother earth and during the descend to earth he reached a top speed of 1,342 Km per hour.

This Austrian is a daredevil jumper and has already done several jumps from high altitudes but what he did on 14th October 2012 is truly the deadliest and more daring feat of all.  By this feat he has broken both the speed and altitude record that was set by Joe Kittinger almost 50 years ago.

Felix faced problems just before the jump and the worst came when he was into the jump as he started spinning in thin air of the stratosphere and as the atmosphere thickened he managed to stop the spin and then had a smooth fall until he was ready to open the parachute.  Being a former paratrooper this Austrian did not have any difficulty once the parachute opened.

By creating this world record Felix has not only showed and demonstrated something new but he has opened the eyes of space scientists to a new concept that the Astronauts could wear the spacesuit which was tested by Felix in the future.

This jump is financed by Red Bull and is named as "Red Bull Stratos" which took five years for planning and the team that has tirelessly worked on this project included 300 people.  Watch the fun on the Guardian Video which has captured the entire action over eight minutes.
                 
                   
This truly an amazing achievement and only shows how fast the technology has been growing in the last couple of decades.  "Nothing is Impossible" and looks like we are going to witness some unimaginable fantastic feats in the future as this Felix Fall will be the beginning of a flow of achievements which will continue to flow like a "Waterfall".

T.P.Anand
Dubai, U.A.E.
17th October 2012