TORONTO – Last year, Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier as he dropped from the edge of space – and it was all recorded on his helmet camera.
Red Bull Stratos, who sponsored his jump, released the multi-angle and mission data – complete with altitude and air speed – on Monday.
The 43-year-old Austrian is renowned for high-altitude jumps, but this was the highest done by anyone.
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His initial jump was supposed to be from 36,500 meters, but instead, it turned to almost 39,000 meters. He also reached a speed of of over 1300 km/h – that’s Mach 1.24.
His jump broke Joe Kittinger’s record-setting jump of 31,333 meters set in 1960. Baumgartner made his jump on the same day that Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947.
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