Difference between revisions 3941219 and 3941220 on simplewiki{{Infobox military person |name=Felix Baumgartner |image=Felix Baumgartner in free fall, by Luke Aikins (Red Bull Stratos project, Red Bull Content Pool.jpg |image_size=240px |caption=Felix Baumgartner |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1969|4|20|df=y}} |nickname= B.A.S.E. 502<br/>Fearless Felix |birth_place=[[Salzburg]], [[Austria]] (contracted; show full)date= 18 August 2006 |accessdate=5 December 2010}} {{sv icon}}</ref> On 12 December 2007 he became the first person to jump from the 91st floor observation deck of the then-tallest completed building in the world, [[Taipei 101]] in [[Taipei]], Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8U-z-SnbJU&feature=related |title=Extreme Felix Baumgartner jumping off Taipei 101 |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=18 May 2010}}</ref> === Red Bull Stratos === {{Main|Red Bull Stratos}} [[File:Baumgartner RBSjump.jpg|thumb|right|At 12:08 MDT and at an altitude of {{convert|39|km}}, Baumgartner jumped from the capsule.]]⏎ In January 2010, it was reported that Baumgartner was working with a team of scientists and sponsor Red Bull to attempt the highest sky-dive on record.<ref name="Choi">{{Cite web |last= Choi |first= Charles Q |date= 22 January 2010 |title= 'Space diver' to attempt first supersonic freefall |url= http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18427-space-diver-to-attempt-first-supersonic-freefall.html |work= [[New Scientist]] |accessdate=14 October 2012 }}</ref> ==== Test jumps ==== (contracted; show full)[[fi:Felix Baumgartner]] [[sv:Felix Baumgartner]] [[tr:Felix Baumgartner]] [[uk:Фелікс Баумгартнер]] [[ur:فیلکس بومگارٹنر]] [[vec:Felix Baumgartner]] [[vi:Felix Baumgartner]] [[zh:菲利克斯·保加拿]] All content in the above text box is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Version 4 and was originally sourced from https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=3941220.
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