Baumgartner Set For Sunday Free Fall Jump From 23 Miles
Felix Baumgartner, 43, plans a Sunday jump from 120000 feet above Roswell New Mexico to break the 1960 world free fall record of 102800 feet and become the first to surpass the speed of sound.
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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 2012
Page
6
Felix Baumgartner, 43, plans a Sunday jump from 120000 feet above Roswell New Mexico to break the 1960 world free fall record of 102800 feet and become the first to surpass the speed of sound.
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