Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper. He had the dream of flying and skydiving since childhood and in 1999, aged 30, he claimed the world record for the highest parachute jump from a building when he jumped from the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Baumgartner is also renowned for the particularly dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career.
Baumgartner’s knack for risky stuff can possibly be tied to the time he spent time in the Austrian military where he practiced parachute jumping, including training to land on small target zones.
Felix Baumgartner jump facts
Baumgartner is best known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon from the stratosphere on 14 October 2012 and landing in New Mexico, United States as part of the Red Bull Stratos project.
Felix Baumgartner top speed
The jump from the helium balloon led to him setting the world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km (24 mi), reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), or Mach 1.25.
Felix Baumgartner jump height
Baumgartner broke skydiving records for exit altitude, vertical freefall distance without a drogue parachute, and vertical speed without a drogue.
Though he still holds the two latter records, the first was broken two years later, when on 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890 feet—or, 41.42 km (25.74 mi) with a drogue.
On 12 December 2007, he became the first person to jump from the 91st floor observation deck of the then-tallest completed building in the world, Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Felix Baumgartner instagram
Baumgartner has over 97k followers on Instagram and his bio reads;
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Felix Baumgartner net worth
Baumgartner has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
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