Parachuting
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Parachuting is the descent of a person through the atmosphere using a parachute. In sport parachuting, a jumper normally exits an aircraft, passes through a period of free fall, deploys a steerable ca
A skydiver holding the aircraft doorway immediately before entering freefall.
A nineteenth-century illustration of Garnerin's 1797 parachute descent at Parc Monceau
A group of skydivers entering freefall after leaving an aircraft
A skydiver flaring the canopy immediately before touchdown
Felix Baumgartner
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Felix Baumgartner was an Austrian skydiver, extreme sportsman, and BASE jumper. He was widely known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere on 14 October 2012 and landing in New
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…ft) before opening his parachute. The performance was recognised as an FAI freefall-distance record without a stabilising drogue. On 14 October 2012, Felix Baumgartner exited above Roswell, New Mexico, at 38,969.4 m (127,852 ft). The FAI ratified records for exit altitude, vertical distance of freefall without a drogue…
Baumgartner in 2014
Suit used by Baumgartner to cross the Channel in 2003
Baumgartner's Stratos suit and capsule on display in Hangar-7, 2015
Baumgartner in 2013