The thrill sucked him in and he continued to challenge himself with extreme parachuting. He soon took up BASE jumping, another seriously dangerous sport that involves parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure or cliff.
Felix went on to join the Austrian military, where he spent many years perfecting his parachute jumping and learned how to land on small target zones.
They refused him, but a determined Felix went on to do the stunt regardless. The concept was always the same. It took years of unthinkably expensive research, development and testing with industry experts to perfect the equipment.
Felix hated the restrictive suit that was designed for him so much that a psychologist was brought in to help him come to terms with being inside it. This was enough helium for lift off, but did not fill the balloon envelope to capacity because they needed to leave space to allow the helium to expand while the balloon rose.
The danger of the event was emphasised by the fact that the "live" broadcast had a built-in delay, allowing the public to be spared a gruesome spectacle in the event of tragedy. After the long tension-building ascent, Felix could be heard running through the checklist with Col Kittinger and telling of the unexpected fogging of his visor.
This issue was resolved quickly. After depressurising the capsule — the point of no return — Felix perched on its ledge for a few final moments before making his death-defying, multiple record-breaking leap to Earth. He regained control, to the relief of his team. He had about 40 seconds to stop the spinning, which was captured on video from a camera in his suit. That footage will be part of an upcoming National Geographic special.
Baumgartner's main challenge was to avoid passing out during his freefall, which lasted I had to use all of my skydiving skills to perform well in those four minutes and twenty seconds. There was no way to simulate his jump from 24 miles above the planet in advance, so Baumgartner faced a simple choice. While standing on the edge of the balloon platform, Baumgartner said he never hesitated.
Felix sharpened his parachute skills as a member of the demonstration and competition team of the Austrian military. In , he began cooperating with Red Bull by performing skydiving exhibitions for them. The company's innovative thinking and Felix's adventurous spirit clicked, and Red Bull has sponsored him ever since. Not only a BASE jumper the world has never seen before, Felix is also a licensed gas balloon and helicopter pilot.
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