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Ever wonder who really was the First Man in Space?!
On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger jumped his last Excelsior jump, doing so from the extremely thin-air of 102,800 feet above the state of New Mexico . Well over 17 Nautical miles high, he free-fell for 4 minutes and 36 seconds before opening his chute at 18,000' MSL. Exceeding the speed of sound during the fall, Kittinger used a small stabilizing chute before a larger, main parachute opened in the denser atmosphere. He safely touched down in barren New Mexico desert, 13 minutes 45 seconds after he vaulted into the void. The jump set records that still stand today, among them, the highest parachute jump, the longest freefall, and the fastest speed ever attained by a human through the atmosphere.
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Aviation Quote of the day:
Words to Live by:
I confess that in 1901, I said to my brother
Orville "man would not fly for fifty years. . . ."
Ever since, I have distrusted myself and avoided all
predictions.
- Wilbur Wright
“Any society that would give
up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve
neither and lose both.”
- Benjamin Franklin
