Almost 2 years old, but it’s news to me.
. . . just links from HayYoo.com and DanKostecki.com
Almost 2 years old, but it’s news to me.
Wired presents 18 photos of the balloons from the early days of Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade – about 75 years ago.
On Monday (March 12, 2012) , Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner will climb into an eight-foot-capsule that looks more like a spaceship than a basket for a helium balloon – and ready himself for a record-breaking jump from 23 miles up. Monday’s test jump, from a mere 60,000 feet, is prelude to a leap which will see the spacesuited skydiver become the first person to break the speed of sound outside a vehicle. He plans to dive 120,000ft – nearly 23 miles – from the adapted weather balloon full of helium. The journey will take just ten minutes.
The current skydiving record is 19 miles and it occurred over 50 years ago.