Felix Baumgartner
This is a map about the Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner.
Felix Baumgartner
par Sabine Maria Steiner
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1.1. Homepage: http://www2.felixbaumgartner.com/index.php?id=10
2. WHO is Felix Baumgartner
2.1. Born on the 20th of April 1969 in Salzburg, Austria
2.2. B.A.S.E. 502 Fearless Felix
2.3. Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper
3. WHY is Felix THAT famous
3.1. 1999: World record: highest B.A.S.E. jump from a building (1.479 feet), the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World record: lowest B.A.S.E. dive (95 feet) from the Christ Statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3.2. 2003: Race Man Vs. Machine: Main Stunt at Taurus World Stunt Awards in Hollywood/USA Channel Crossing from Dover to Calais: First to cross the english channel in freefall
3.3. 2004: Channel of Corinth: B.A.S.E. jump from a 193 feet high bridge in freefall Mamet Cave in Velebit National Parc, Croatia: B.A.S.E. jump into a 623 feet deep cave Bridge of the Americas, Panama: B.A.S.E. jump from the 393 feet high Panama bridge World record: B.A.S.E. jump from the highest bridge (1.125 feet) in the world, Millau Bridge, France
3.4. 2006: B.A.S.E. jump from the highest building (738 feet) in Latin America, Torre Mayor in Mexico City B.A.S.E. jump from the highest building (627 feet) in Scandinavia, Turning Torso, Malmö, Sweden
3.5. 2007: B.A.S.E. jump into the second biggest cave (396 feet) in the world, „Seating of the Spirits“, Oman B.A.S.E. jump off the worlds tallest building (1669.95 feet) - 101 Tower, Taipei
3.6. 2012 Mission Stratos --> 24 miles above Earth to break sound barrier and the record for highest ever jump
4. Everyone has limits- not everyone accepts them!
5. His biggest project: Red Bull Stratos
5.1. How the mission was born : http://www.redbullstratos.com/gallery/?mediaId=media1430020618001
5.2. The 84-year-old Kittinger shared his knowledge to help Baumgartner with the Mission http://www.redbullstratos.com/the-team/joe-kittinger/
5.2.1. 1960 setting the record longest skydive, from a height greater than 31 kilometres
5.2.2. He was the first man to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a gas balloon