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'''Felix Baumgartner''' (born 20 April 1969 in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]]) is an [[Austrians|Austrian]] [[Parachuting|skydiver]], [[Stunt performer|daredevil]] and [[BASE jumping|BASE jumper]].<ref name="Abrams">{{cite book|title=Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers: Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them|first=Michael|last=Abrams|pages=247–251|publisher=[[Harmony Books]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|year=2006|isbn=978-1-4000-5491-6}}</ref> He set the world record for skydiving an estimated {{convert|39|km|mi}}, reaching an estimated speed of {{convert|1342|km/h|mph}}, or Mach 1.24, on 14 October 2012, and became the first person to break the [[sound barrier]] without vehicular power on his descent.<ref name="Amos 2012">{{cite news|last=Amos|first=Jonathan|title=Skydiver Felix Baumgartner lands highest ever jump|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943590|accessdate=14 October 2012|newspaper=BBC|date=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="Irvine 2012">{{cite news|last=Irvine|first=Chris|title=Felix Baumgartner: Daredevil in record-breaking free fall attempt: live|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9607604/Skydiver-Felix-Baumgartner-attempts-to-break-sound-barrier-live.html|accessdate=14 October 2012|newspaper=Telegraph|date=14 October 2012}}</ref> He is also renowned for the particularly dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career. Baumgartner spent time in the Austrian military where he practised parachute jumping, including training to land on small target zones.

Baumgartner's most recent project was [[Red Bull Stratos]], in which he jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in the [[stratosphere]] on 14 October 2012. As part of this project, he set the [[Flight_altitude_record#All_balloons|altitude record]] for a manned balloon flight,<ref name=Times>{{cite web|last=Tierney|first=John|title=Daredevil Prepares to Jump Nearly 25 Miles|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/us/felix-baumgartner-skydiving.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref> parachute jump from the highest altitude, and greatest [[free fall]] velocity.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.redbullstratos.com/JumpOnHold.aspx |title=Official statement on closing of legal case | publisher=Red Bull Stratos | date= 30 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9061387/Sky-diver-to-break-sound-barrier-with-jump-from-edge-of-space.html |work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Sky diver to break sound barrier with jump from edge of space | date=5 February 2012 | first=Richard | last=Gray}}</ref><ref name="Henderson Irvine 2012">{{cite news|last1=Henderson|first1=Barney|last2=Irvine|first2=Chris|title=Skydiver Felix Baumgartner attempts to break sound barrier: latest|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9595760/Skydiver-Felix-Baumgartner-attempts-to-break-sound-barrier-live.html|accessdate=9 October 2012|newspaper=Telegraph|date=9 October 2012}}</ref>

==Biography==
Baumgartner was born on 20 April 1969 in Salzburg, Austria.<ref name="redbull">{{cite web |url=http://www.redbull.co.uk/cs/Satellite/en_UK/Profile/Felix-Baumgartner-021242964685433 |work=redbull.co.uk |accessdate=23 March 2012 |title=Felix Baumgartner}}</ref> When he was a little boy, he dreamed about flying and skydiving.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9610286/The-picture-that-proves-Felix-Baumgartner-always-dreamed-of-reaching-for-the-skies.html The picture that proves Felix Baumgartner always dreamed of reaching for the skies] </ref>In 1999 he claimed the world record for the highest parachute jump from a building when he jumped from the [[Petronas Towers]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia.<ref name="petronas">{{cite web |url=http://www.felixbaumgartner.com/index.php?id=20 |accessdate=23 March 2012 |title=Archive: 1999 |work=felixbaumgartner.com}}</ref> On 25 July 2003, Baumgartner became the first person to skydive across the [[English Channel]] using a specially made carbon fiber wing.<ref name="Abrams"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atairaerospace.com/press/2003/11/birdman-flies-atair-parachutes-across.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110707181729/http://www.atairaerospace.com/press/2003/11/birdman-flies-atair-parachutes-across.html |title=Birdman Flies Atair Parachutes Across English Channel |publisher=Atair Aerospace, Inc |date=21 November 2003 |archivedate=7 July 2011 |accessdate=20 October 2012}} This page gives the date of Baumgartner's jump as 31 July 2003.</ref> [[Alban Geissler]], who developed the SKYRAY carbon fiber wing with [[Christoph Aarns]], suggested after Baumgartner's jump that the wing he used was a copy of two prototype SKYRAY wings sold to [[Red Bull]] (Baumgartner's sponsor) two years earlier.<ref>Abrams, p. 251.</ref>

Baumgartner also set the world record for the lowest [[BASE jumping|BASE]] jump ever, when he jumped {{convert|95|ft}} from the hand of the ''[[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Redeemer]]'' statue in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref name=esquire20100714>
{{cite web | url=http://www.esquire.com/felix-baumgartner-skydive-0810-4 | last=Dittrich | first=Luke | title=The Man Who Would Fall to Earth | publisher=''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' | page=4 | date=14 July 2010 | accessdate=20 October 2012 | quote=he leapt from the outstretched hand of O Cristo Redentor, the ninety-eight-foot-tall statue that looms over Rio de Janeiro... the final product was... a world record — lowest BASE jump ever}}</ref>  This jump also stirred controversy among BASE jumpers who pointed out that Baumgartner cited the height of the statue as the height of the jump even though he landed on a slope below the statue's feet, and that other BASE jumpers had previously jumped from the statue but avoided publicity.<ref>Abrams, p. 249.</ref>

He became the first person to BASE jump from the completed [[Millau Viaduct]] in France on 27 June 2004<ref>[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0406/S00225.htm Millau Viaduct]</ref> and the first person to [[skydive]] onto, then BASE jump from, the [[Turning Torso]] building in [[Malmö]], Sweden on 18 August 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/pr-jippo-kan-sluta-med-atal-1.682661 |title=Pr-jippo kan sluta med åtal |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}}
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 ====
On 15 March 2012 Baumgartner completed the first of two test jumps from {{convert|71581|ft|m}}.  During the jump he spent approximately three minutes and 43 seconds in free fall, reaching speeds of more than {{convert|360|mph|km/h}}, before opening his parachute.  In total, the jump lasted approximately eight minutes and eight seconds and Baumgartner became only the third person to safely parachute from a height of over {{convert|13.5|mi|km}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0315/Skydiver-jumps-13.6-miles-on-path-to-world-s-highest-jump |title=Skydiver jumps 13.6 miles on path to world's highest jump |first=Marcia |last=Dunn |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=15 March 2012 |accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=|first=|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/felix-baumgartner-s-jump-from-space-s-edge-watched-by-millions-1.4115479|title=Felix Baumgartner's jump from space's edge watched by millions|publisher=The Associated Press|date=14 October 2012 |accessdate=30 October 2012 }}</ref>

On 25 July 2012, Baumgartner completed the second of two planned test jumps from {{convert|96640|ft|m}}. It took Baumgartner about 90 minutes to reach the target altitude and his free fall was estimated to have lasted three minutes and 48 seconds before his parachutes were deployed.<ref>{{cite news | first = Marcia | last = Dunn | title = Skydiver Fearless Felix jumps from 18 miles up | date = 25 July 2012 |agency=Associated Press | url = http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_SUPERSONIC_SKYDIVER | accessdate =25 July 2012}}</ref>

==== Main jump ====
The launch was originally scheduled for 9 October 2012, but was aborted due to adverse weather conditions. Launch was rescheduled and the mission instead took place on 14 October 2012 when Baumgartner landed in eastern New Mexico after jumping from a world record {{convert|39045|m}} or just over {{convert|39|km}}.<ref name="nytimes_daredevil" /><ref>{{cite news |last= Llorca |first= Juan Carlos |date= 14 October 2012 |title= Skydiver Lands Safely After 24-Mile Leap to Earth |url= http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPERSONIC_SKYDIVER |agency= [[Associated Press]] |accessdate=14 October 2012 }}</ref> On the basis of provisional data, Baumgartner also set the record for the highest manned balloon flight (at the same height) and fastest speed of free fall at {{convert|1342|km/h}} making him the first human to break the [[sound barrier]] outside of a vehicle.<ref name="Irvine 2012">{{cite news|last=Irvine|first=Chris|title=Felix Baumgartner: Daredevil in record-breaking free fall attempt: live|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9607604/Skydiver-Felix-Baumgartner-attempts-to-break-sound-barrier-live.html|accessdate=14 October 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="Tierney 2012b">{{cite news|last=Tierney|first=John|title=Daredevil Jumps, and Lands on His Feet|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/us/felix-baumgartner-skydiving.html|work=The New York Times|accessdate=14 October 2012|date=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="UpalC">{{cite news|last=Chakraborty|first=Upal|title=Faster than Sound Sky Diving|url=http://news.jolchobi.com/2012/10/faster-than-sound-sky-diving.html|work=JolChobi Social News|accessdate=14 October 2012|date=14 October 2012}}</ref> Baumgartner was in free fall for 4 minutes and 19 seconds, 17 seconds short of mentor [[Joseph Kittinger]]'s 1960 jump.<ref name="Irvine 2012" />

==== Training for the jump ====
Baumgartner initially struggled with [[claustrophobia]] after spending time in the [[pressure suit|pressurized suit]] required for the jump, but overcame it with help from a [[sports psychology|sports psychologist]] and other specialists.<ref name="nytimes_daredevil">{{cite news |last= Tierney |first= John |date= 14 October 2012 |title= Daredevil Jumps, and Lands on His Feet |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/us/felix-baumgartner-skydiving.html?smid=pl-share |work=The New York Times |accessdate=14 October 2012 }}</ref><ref><span class="plainlinks">[http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/14/us/skydiver-record-attempt/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 (CNN)]</span> Report. Retrieved October 14, 2012.</ref><ref><span class="plainlinks">[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/felix-baumgartner-feel-broke-sound-barrier-article-1.1183735 NYDaily News:Red Bull Stratos]</span> Retrieved October 15, 2012. </ref>

==See also==
*[[Pyotr Dolgov]], died in 1962 carrying out a high altitude jump.
*[[Eugene Andreyev]], the former record holder for the longest-distance free fall jump.
*[[Michel Fournier (adventurer)|Michel Fournier]], who has been working on a 25-mile (40&nbsp;km) jump for several years.
*[[Joseph Kittinger]], set records for highest balloon ascent and highest parachute jump.  Served as adviser and capsule communicator to Felix Baumgartner.
*[[Yves Rossy]], the first man to cross the English Channel using a jet-powered wing.
*[[Steve Truglia]], English stuntman who was planning a similar jump.
*[[Project Manhigh]], pre-[[NASA]] military project that took men in balloons to the middle layers of Earth's stratosphere.  Participants set altitude and parachute jump records.
*[[Chuck Yeager]], first pilot to travel faster than sound (1947).


==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{Commonscat-inline}}
*{{Official website|http://www.felixbaumgartner.com/}}
*[http://www.redbullstratos.com/ Red Bull Stratos Project]
*[http://www.wc-news.com/felix-baumgartner-ready-to-break-sound-barrier-skydiving/ WC News Story – Felix Baumgartner]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-PsviSStA8 Video (03:14) – Felix Jump – Christ Statue – Rio de Janeiro – 14 July 2010.]
*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/nov/03/felix-baumgartner-space-jump-interview ''I hope I can make fear cool''], The Guardian, Saturday, 3 November 2012, Donald McRae,	
    
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