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Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 3:56 pm

It's a go....

Live link here

http://fox6now.com/2012/10/14/skydiver- ... on-sunday/

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:01 pm

I've been following this for a while, and was watching when they postponed the other attempts. However my internet is being very slow so I can't watch :evil:

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:05 pm

Just passed 40000 ft

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:16 pm

cheers for this :ayatollah: i wont even climb a f*cking ladder though, this guys mad :lol:
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Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:17 pm

Able to watch now but keeps stopping to buffer.. better than nothing

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:28 pm

Put bbc news on, they are back and forth with coverage

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:33 pm

Can't, live in australia :lol:

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:04 pm

That link wouldn't ork on my computer

I'm using this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19927667

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:05 pm

i am watching it on

http://www.redbullstratos.com

it seem a lot better streaming :ayatollah:

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:14 pm

That's unreal....

I was shitting myself in my living room, let alone doing it

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:19 pm

Excellent stuff :ayatollah:

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:20 pm

That was mental :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: .....was on tender hooks :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:22 pm

That was gripping stuff.

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:24 pm

All that and he landed on his feet! Shame my stream decided to buffer at the exact moment he stepped off the ledge :oops:

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:18 pm

Incase anyone missed it, here's a link to the jump

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943132

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:25 pm

Marc wrote:That was mental :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: .....was on tender hooks :lol: :lol: :lol:


Was a bit crazy :ayatollah:

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:33 pm

Not your average skydive
Image

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:44 pm

Watched on BBC news channel. Amazing fair play.

Great engineering to get him there and back and a crazy guy.

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:01 pm

It's just been confirmed he broke the sound barrier, he was falling at 833mph at one stage :shock:

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:02 pm

crazy guy
heard hes pretty down to earth though :roll: :roll:

Re: Freefall from space

Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:11 pm

englishbluebird wrote:crazy guy
heard hes pretty down to earth though :roll: :roll:


:lol:

Re: Freefall from space

Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:56 am

mario ballotellis twitter last night:



" Have i missed something, everyone is talking about a foreigner diving surrounded by zero atmosphere, whats luis suarez done now"

Re: Freefall from space

Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:01 pm

Blackwood_Bluebird wrote:mario ballotellis twitter last night:



" Have i missed something, everyone is talking about a foreigner diving surrounded by zero atmosphere, whats luis suarez done now"

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Freefall from space

Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:13 pm

Blackwood_Bluebird wrote:mario ballotellis twitter last night:



" Have i missed something, everyone is talking about a foreigner diving surrounded by zero atmosphere, whats luis suarez done now"


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Freefall from space

Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:01 pm

Gavlar wrote:Not your average skydive
Image


Imagine telling yer Grandkids..

"Erm this was Taid when he had a bit more hair on his head!"

What a breathtaking picture.

...However, dont see this loony tune reaching a ripe old age somehow :o