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A man fell faster than sound with nothing but a suit. πŸͺ‚
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A man fell faster than sound with nothing but a suit. πŸͺ‚

A man fell faster than sound with nothing but a suit. πŸͺ‚ . . . On October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner stepped off a capsule 38,969 meters above New Mexico. He hit 1,357.64 km/h in freefall β€” Mach 1.25 β€” before opening his chute. He fell for 4 minutes 19 seconds. His mentor Joe Kittinger, who set the previous record in 1960, talked him down by radio.

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Guinness World Records, 2012, 'Highest freefall parachute jump' and BBC News, October 14, 2012, 'Skydiver Felix Baumgartner breaks sound barrier'

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