Felix Baumgartner 10 years later
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Link to videoHe set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km (24 mi)(127,852 feet), reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), or Mach 1.25.[a][b] He became the first person to break the sound barrier relative to the surface without vehicular power on his descent.[12][13] He broke skydiving records for exit altitude, vertical freefall distance without a drogue parachute, and vertical speed without a drogue.
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The paragliding crash that killed extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner in July was caused by human error, an investigating prosecutor said Tuesday.
Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, died July 17 along Italy’s Adriatic coast. Witnesses said the flight appeared normal until it started spinning to the ground, crashing near the swimming pool of a beachside resort.
Prosecutor Raffaele Iannella said the investigation found no technical issues with Baumgartner’s motorized paraglider.
“He fell into a spiral, and he could not get out. He was unable to do the maneuver that he should have done to exit” from the fall, Iannella told The Associated Press. German news agency dpa first reported the results of the prosecutor’s report, which was finalized in recent days.
The prosecutor will now request that the case be closed, which will require a judge’s approval.
Resurrecting a dead thread within a dead thread. LOL
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The paragliding crash that killed extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner in July was caused by human error, an investigating prosecutor said Tuesday.
Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, died July 17 along Italy’s Adriatic coast. Witnesses said the flight appeared normal until it started spinning to the ground, crashing near the swimming pool of a beachside resort.
Prosecutor Raffaele Iannella said the investigation found no technical issues with Baumgartner’s motorized paraglider.
“He fell into a spiral, and he could not get out. He was unable to do the maneuver that he should have done to exit” from the fall, Iannella told The Associated Press. German news agency dpa first reported the results of the prosecutor’s report, which was finalized in recent days.
The prosecutor will now request that the case be closed, which will require a judge’s approval.
Resurrecting a dead thread within a dead thread. LOL
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_new_coffee_room/viewtopic.php?p=1102705#p1102705@taiwan_girl said in Felix Baumgartner 10 years later:
crashing "NEAR" the swimming pool of a beachside resort.
Close but no cigar.
