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Austrian prepares for 37-km jump to Earth
Tuesday
Monday October 08, 2012 09:48:52 PM,
IANS
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London: A daredevil
Austrian skydiver will attempt Tuesday what has never been done
before - a freefall from 37 km up in space which he hopes will
break the sound barrier.
Felix Baumgartner, 43, was pictured Saturday in Roswell, New
Mexico, making final preparations with his team after five years
of planning and training, the Daily Mail reported Monday.
Baumgartner went over the technical details in the capsule before
sitting solemnly in his trailer, wearing his specially designed,
$200,000 suit, to gather his thoughts.
His team announced Friday that the jump had been moved from Monday
to Tuesday due to a cold front with gusty winds, the Mail said.
Wearing only a pressurized suit and a parachute, he will pause at
the hatch of his tiny capsule as it ascends into the heavens
beneath one of the biggest balloons ever made.
No more than 20 minutes later, the world will know whether this
audacious Austrian has become the first skydiver to break the
sound barrier in the highest, fastest freefall descent in history.
The feat can be seen via the internet around the globe, the
newspaper said.
Fearless Felix has been flinging himself out of planes and off
skyscrapers for years.
He has clocked up 2,500 skydiving jumps, including one in which he
became the first person to "fly" across the English Channel, with
carbon-fibre wings strapped to his back, according to the Mail.
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