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Loading ...On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger jumped his last all Excelsior jump, doing so from an air-thin height of 102,800 feet (31,334 meters). From that nearly 20 miles altitude, his tumble toward terra firma took some 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Exceeding the speed of sound during the fall, Kittinger used a small stabilizing chute before a larger, main parachute opened in the denser atmosphere. He safely touched down in barren New Mexico desert, 13 minutes 45 seconds after he vaulted into the void.
The jump set records that still stand today, among them, the highest parachute jump, the longest freefall, and the fastest speed ever attained by a human through the atmosphere. Somewhat in contention is Kittinger’s use of the small parachute for stabilization during his record-setting fall. Roger Eugene Andreyev, a Russian, is touted as holding the world’s free fall record of 80,325 feet (24,483 meters), made on November 1, 1962.
HALO Jump Over Florida Panhandle
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Team makes a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachute jump (sometimes known as Military Free Fall). They jumped at about 10,000 feet – no oxygen required – over the Florida panhandle.
EDIT: Because of feedback I have redacted the HALO portion of the description as this clearly does not fall under [...]
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