Austrian seeks to break highest free fall record
Austrian athlete Felix Baumgartner plans to try to break the world free fall record by jumping from a helium balloon nearly 37,000 meters (120,000 feet) off the ground.
Austrian parachuter Felix Baumgartner gets ready to jump from a helicopter at 5,000 feet above the Gulf emirate of Al-Ain, in 2005. Baumgartner plans to try to break the world free fall record by jumping from a helium balloon nearly 37,000 meters (120,000 feet) off the ground.
He also hopes to become the first person to break the sound barrier without an aircraft, the organizers of the event announced.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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