Man to try to break sound barrier with his body http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2010/100707stratos.html?WT.mc_id=10070... Reminds me of when Pete Conrad (Apollo 12) said "Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me." patrick
Deseret News does a story about our astro guru! http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700046699/Patrick-Wiggins-love-for-the-st...
Blush... :) patrick p.s. Yeah, I'm gonna need a bigger hat... On 09 Jul 2010, at 10:34, Joe Bauman wrote:
Deseret News does a story about our astro guru!
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700046699/Patrick-Wiggins-love-for-the-st...
but there's only one Joe Kittenger the 1st guy to free fall past the sound barrier and w/o all the technology used today I hope the'2nd flight' is as successful Rob
On 09 Jul 2010, at 10:57, Rob Ratkowski Photography wrote:
but there's only one Joe Kittenger the 1st guy to free fall past the sound barrier and w/o all the technology used today I hope the'2nd flight' is as successful
I don't mean or want to take anything away from Colonel Kittinger but during his jump he did like today's tandem skydives and deployed a stabilization parachute right after he left the gondola. This new guy plans on going straight freefall all the way from exit to opening his main parachute. Fingers crossed! Here's BTW, is a bit of history: http://www.balloonlife.com/publications/balloon_life/9709/racespace.htm patrick
Good to know Patrick didn't know he was parachute stabilized it'll be interesting to see how he does and I hope all goes well Aloha Rob
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