120,000ft Freefall LIVE

[gazb197]

Don't forget when he gets back to a certain height the max speed you can freefall is 120ish mph

 

[gazb197]

Haha mike beat me to it!

I know it can't happen but I've just a funny thought! Imagine if he went to jump out and instead of free falling he floated off into space haha

 

[adam1942]

holy dick!

 

[Willis]

Unreal.

 

[Rogue]

Amazing. That view looking down was stunning

 

[inwardnoise]

That's was god damn bonkers! Unreal felix

 

[A2ON]

amazing viewing .

 

[nutnutwelshman]

Man that man has massive Nu???????? Amazing

 

[Rogue]

I can't believe it wasnt on one single tv channel live.

 

[Mike]

I can't believe it wasnt on one single tv channel live.

Apart from BBC News channel

The jump was amazing!!!

 

[Rogue]

Was it? I checked the sky listings and flicked thru and didn't see anything.

D'oh

 

[Fernandez]

Fecking awesome, over 700mph in 30 secs...

 

[A2ON]

Shame not to break MAC1

 

[Willis]

Shame not to break MAC1

Close enough!!!

729MPH is his provisional V-Max.

 

[Fernandez]

He may have actually broke the sound barrier as the sound barrier depends on the air density. At 100,000ft you would need to accelerate to around 690 miles per hour, At sea level you would need to travel at around 761mph.

 

[A2ON]

He may have actually broke the sound barrier as the sound barrier depends on the air density. At 100,000ft you would need to accelerate to around 690 miles per hour, At sea level you would need to travel at around 761mph.

Thats interesting . . . the NASA commentary said he had not.

We will wait and see. . . . I hope he has as it would make it that little but sweeter victory.

 

[Fernandez]

I guess NASA know their shizzle and if they had live telemetry they should know.

 

[A2ON]

I guess NASA know their shizzle and if they had live telemetry they should know.

It was Earlie after jump so they may take stock and re evaluate using more accurate data . . . . who knows.

 

[Willis]

All readings are yet to be confirmed by FAI from the data on the memory card in Felix's suit. The first person to approach him on the ground was from FAI and his sole purpose in the whole thing was to get that card as soon as possible. He may also have broken the longest free fall yet, nobody will know until FAI produce the official numbers.

From the Red Bull telemetry, he passed 98,000Ft well above the speed of sound, or Mach, for the local pressure and temperature. His fastest speed came after that though at 729MPH, although as I said, that remains provisional. Also from their telemetry he opened his parachute around 1,000Ft earlier than planned at around 6,000Ft (4,900Ft was the aim), who can blame him if his arse had dropped a bit by then though eh!?!

 

[930Tech]

You can get footage on BBCi player.

They are saying he broke the sound barrier.