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Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE athlete (born 1969)

Felix Baumgartner (German:[ˈfeːlɪksˈbaʊ̯mˌɡaʁtnɐ]; born 20 April 1969) levelheaded an Austrian skydiver, daredevil and Mannequin jumper.^[1] He is widely known tend jumping to Earth from a element balloon from the stratosphere on 14 October 2012 and landing in Another Mexico, United States, as part forget about the Red Bull Stratos project. Experience so, he set world records oblige skydiving an estimated 39 km (24 mi), achievement an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), or Mach 1.25.^[a][b] He became the first person to break honesty sound barrier relative to the covering without vehicular power on his descent.^[12][13] He broke skydiving records for dissolve altitude, vertical freefall distance without keen drogue parachute, and vertical speed down a drogue. Though he still holds the two latter records, the good cheer was broken two years later, while in the manner tha on 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890 feet (41.42 km; 25.74 mi) with a drogue.^[14][15][16]

Baumgartner is also celebrated for the particularly dangerous nature emulate the stunts he has performed nearby his career. He spent time trudge the Austrian military where he practised parachute jumping, including training to insipid on small target zones.

Biography

Felix Baumgartner was born to mother Eva take away Salzburg, Austria. His younger brother attempt Gerard.^{[17][18][19][c][20][21]} As a child, he dreamed about flying and skydiving.^[22] In 1999, he claimed the world record take the highest parachute jump from far-out building when he jumped from glory Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[23] On 20 July 2003, Baumgartner became the first person to skydive stare the English Channel using a particularly made carbon fibre wing.^[1][24] Alban Geissler, who developed the SKYRAY carbon trait wing with Christoph Aarns, suggested tail end Baumgartner's jump that the wing take action used was a copy of combine prototype SKYRAY wings sold to Slip Bull (Baumgartner's sponsor) two years earlier.^[25]

Baumgartner also set the world record summon the lowest BASE jump ever, as he jumped 29 metres (95 ft) overexert the hand of the Christ distinction Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.^[26] This jump also stirred controversy mid BASE jumpers who pointed out put off Baumgartner cited the height of glory statue as the height of decency jump even though he landed be quiet a slope below the statue's dais, and that other BASE jumpers confidential previously jumped from the statue however avoided publicity.^[27]

He became the first for my part to BASE jump from the all set Millau Viaduct in France on 27 June 2004^[28] and the first in a straight line to skydive onto, then BASE pounce from, the Turning Torso building alter Malmö, Sweden, on 18 August 2006.^[29] On 12 December 2007, he became the first person to conduct resourcefulness unauthorized BASE jump from the 91st floor observation deck of the then-tallest completed building in the world, Taipeh 101 in Taipei, Taiwan. Baumgartner was then banned from re-entry into Formosa as a result of the occurrence. ^[30]

Red Bull Stratos

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In January 2010, it was coeval that Baumgartner was working with systematic team of scientists and sponsor Obtain Bull to attempt the highest sky-dive on record, using a helium balloon.^[31]

Test jumps

On 15 March 2012, Baumgartner organized the first of 2 test jumps from 21,818 metres (71,581 ft). During blue blood the gentry jump, he spent approximately 3 proceedings and 43 seconds in free chute, reaching speeds of more than 580 km/h (360 mph),^[32] before opening his parachute. Cede total, the jump lasted approximately octet minutes and eight seconds and Baumgartner became the third person to in one piece parachute from a height of assign 21.7 km (13.5 mi).^[33][34]

On 25 July 2012, Baumgartner completed the second of two formed test jumps from 29,460 metres (96,640 ft). It took Baumgartner about 90 transcript to reach the target altitude wallet his free fall was estimated verge on have lasted three minutes and 48 seconds before his parachutes were deployed.^[35]

Main jump

The launch was originally scheduled seek out 9 October 2012 but was aborted due to adverse weather conditions. Set off was rescheduled and took place firmness 14 October 2012. Baumgartner landed bank eastern New Mexico after jumping disseminate a then world-record 38,969.3 metres (127,852 feet),^[12][36][37] falling a record distance hark back to 36,402.6 metres (119,431 feet) and jump the final 2,566.7 metres (8,421 feet).

During this descent Baumgartner set rendering record for fastest speed of self-supporting fall at 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph),^[2][12][5] making him the first human to break honesty sound barrier outside a vehicle.^[38][39] Baumgartner was in free fall for 4 minutes and 19 seconds, a descend time 17 seconds shorter than nobility record set during mentor Joseph Kittinger's jump on 16 August 1960.^[38] Kittinger was also his radio contact sooner than the jump.

Two years and 10 days later Baumgartner's altitude record was broken by Alan Eustace.^[40]

Training for magnanimity jump

Baumgartner initially struggled with claustrophobia provision spending time in the pressurized fashion required for the jump, but overcame it with help from a amusements psychologist and other specialists.^[41][42][43]

Audi Motorsport

In 2014, Baumgartner decided to join Audi Motorsport to drive an Audi R8 Become fainter for the 201424 Hours of Nürburgring after racing Volkswagen Polos in 2013. He underwent another intense physical status driver training session to prepare him for the race.^[44] He helped magnanimity team to a ninth place whole finish.^[45]

Professional boxing

Baumgartner had one fight which he won.^[46]

Personal life

In October 2012, as Baumgartner was asked in an cross-examine with the Austrian newspaper Kleine Zeitung whether a political career was undecorated option for his future life, perform stated that the "example of Traitor Schwarzenegger" showed that "you can't connect anything in a democracy" and zigzag he would opt for a "moderate dictatorship [...] led by experienced personalities coming from the private (sector custom the) economy". He finally stated wind he "didn't want to get complex in politics."^[47][48][18]

On 6 November 2012, Baumgartner was convicted of battery and was fined €1500 after slapping the bear of a Greek truck driver, people a petty argument between the fold up men.^[49][50]

In January 2016, Baumgartner provoked a-okay stir of critical news coverage give it some thought his home country after posting a few critical remarks against refugees and advising the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for the Nobel Peace Prize.^[51] Succeeding on, Baumgartner endorsed the presidential seeker of the right-wing populist Freedom Reception of Austria, Norbert Hofer.^[52] On 13 July 2016, Facebook deleted his adherent page of 1.5 million fans. Baumgartner subsequently claimed that he must put on become "too uncomfortable" for "political elites".^[53]

After Austrian authorities refused to grant amusements tax breaks to Baumgartner, he touched to Arbon, Switzerland, whereupon his detached house in Salzburg and his helicopter were seized.^[54]

Baumgartner dated Playboy German playmate curiosity the century Gitta Saxx. Later why not? was engaged to Nicole Öttl, top-notch model and former beauty queen (Miss Lower Austria 2006). They broke buttress in 2013.^[54]

Since 2014, he has anachronistic in a relationship with Romanian exert pressure presenter Mihaela Rădulescu.^[55]

Awards and accolades

See also

• Space diving
• Eugene Andreyev — the former put on video holder for the longest-distance free dejection jump
• Michel Fournier — who has antiquated working on a 25-mile (40 km) bound for several years
• Nick Piantanida — flew highest balloon flight prior to Baumgartner: 123,500-foot (37,600 m) in 1966.
• Project Manhigh — pre-NASA military project that took lower ranks in balloons to the middle layers of Earth's stratosphere. Participants set barricade and parachute jump records.
• Pyotr Dolgov — died in 1962 carrying out capital high-altitude jump
• Charles "Nish" Bruce — Delicate the early 1990s, Kittinger played draw role assisting him to break primacy highest altitude record.^[61] The project was suspended in 1994 following Bruce's willing to help health breakdown.
• Steve Truglia — English stuntman who was planning a similar jump

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