http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZHag3DBTaA
25 year old James Lee is hit and knocked unconscious by another skdiver while plummetting 12,500 feet above Wiltshire. As luck would have it, two other skydivers saw what happened and chased after him.
The ensuing drama was captured by James’ helmet cam.
Following the postponement of his 23 km freefall drop from the stratosphere (and bid to be the first skydiver to break the sound barrier on the way down) aviation pioneer Felix Baumgartner is about to try again.
Watch it live here
This could be the one, people.
Or it could be delayed again.
Or something.
UPDATE: Felic Baumgartner Jumps From Space – VIDEO (Telegraph)
Congratulations would seem to be in order…
maybe not…
(Hat tip: Lars Biscuits, Oisin)
At 1.30pm, aviation pioneer Felix Baumgartner is set to drop from 23 miles above the earth in the hope of becoming the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.
You can watch it live here (requires Javascript)
UPDATE: On ‘weather hold’ – launch now postponed to 17.30GMT.
A CGI teaser for Project Stratos: a Red Bull sponsored skydive that will take place for real tomorrow at noon GMT.
In a jump planned for the last five years, Felix Baumgartner will drop from 23 miles above the earth in the hope of becoming the first skydiver to break the sound barrier on the way down.
And you can watch it live.
The 88-member, all-female Pearls of Russia skydiving team set a world record in the sky above Kolomna near Moscow. This was their third attempt at forming the red white and blue flower formation, beating the previous record of 84 skydivers.
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Promising young animator Mathias Lachal’s graduation film from Emile Cohl school in Lyon: ‘a skydive moment’.
HD, fullscreen, sound up. This is good.
