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10-14-2012, 06:48 PM #21Thread derailment specialist.
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Line up the funding and I'll do it in a heartbeat!
Originally Posted by Cangooner
You'd have to be one crazy dude with a serious set of cajones to even consider doing that.
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10-14-2012, 07:28 PM #22Senior Member
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I thought it was anticlimactic.
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10-14-2012, 07:34 PM #23< Banned User >
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...or a deficit of a central nervous system. Originally Posted by Cangooner
You'd have to be one crazy dude with a serious set of cajones to even consider doing that.
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10-14-2012, 07:37 PM #24Customized
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Huh? Originally Posted by 32t
He went higher than anyone has ever done in a balloon, then jumped out, flew at 700+ mph and walked away from it without serious injury.
A success in every sense of the word in my book.
Very exciting stuff imo.hoglahoo and JohnnyCakeDC like this.Bjoernar
Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....
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I have to admit I was transfixed on him once he stood on the platform. When he was free falling in the thin atmosphere and appeared to be spinning end over end I was worried but he soon hit the thicker atmosphere and assumed a correct free fall position and all was good from there. Quite a feat. Neat that the only fellow who came close all those years ago was part of the mission control team. Kudos to Felix and the team.
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Sure, I'll "kick a buck" to watch you imitate a bug on a windshield! Originally Posted by Wullie
Line up the funding and I'll do it in a heartbeat!
J/K! Ya know I luv ya, Wullie!
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10-14-2012, 07:51 PM #27Senior Member
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I'll kick in ten bucks but I get your razors if you bounce ...... Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus
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10-14-2012, 07:54 PM #28Senior Member
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I missed it live, but will find it on the internet. An incredible feat but still not topped IMO by what happened on this date in 1947. Chuck Yeager once again broke the sound barrier in the back of a F-15 today.
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10-14-2012, 08:56 PM #29Thread derailment specialist.
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$11 so far. That might keep me in smokes for a day.
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Other than the length of the free fall the jump didn't look much if any different than from a Cessna. Granted he set some records but a boring 5 minutes to watch. Originally Posted by Birnando
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