Anyone Following The Sky Dive?

[Norm]

He was blind - his visor froze up, he couldn't see his altimeter

That's gonna be a bummer after 52 years.

 

[Reece]

Truely awesome!

 

[MossCommuter]

Wow!

 

[Octet]

We can't forget the scientists and the rest of the team behind him as well!
Brilliant job from them all!

 

[marinyork]

Amazing

 

[ComedyPilot]

That's gonna be a bummer after 52 years.

The freefall duration record was going to be touch and go considering he was going faster than the speed of sound. He had a little more altitude, but due to higher freefall speeds less time in freefall. Add to that his frozen visor, and he opted to pull early I would guess.

 

[RhythMick]

Well done all

 

[Get In The Van]

That was awesome, glued to the whole programme, now waiting for the press conference to hear how it was for the guy

 

[Scoosh]

Fabulous !

Amazing technology too - I can sit her at home on my PC and watch it all live.

 

[TVC]

I bet he'll be hell to live with now.


Great job.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Amazing!

I wanted to see the capsule landing too though.

 

[GM]

Been glued to the screen for the last 2 hours, awesome. Thanks CP for the link.

 

[accountantpete]

He might have opened early to preserve the record for Joe Kittinger.

 

[ianrauk]

yeah cheers CP
Had the link on the comp and was also flicking between the BBC news channel and CNN.

When he dropped away from the capsule... well that was heart stopping.

 

[Night Train]

Fantastic and absolutely riveting stuff. Well done for such a successful mission.

The next 'big event', for me, will have to be Andy Green at 1000+mph.