FabSwingers.com forum: Red Bull Stratos !

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Anyone watching the crazy Austrian man jump from 23 miles up !!

right on the edge of the stratosphere !

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

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By *uckscouple2007Couple
over a year ago

Bucks

waited for it on wed or thurs this week but was cancelled ... is it on now?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"waited for it on wed or thurs this week but was cancelled ... is it on now?

yep !

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By *arnayguyMan
over a year ago

Durham Tees

Yes, brave guy. Another hour and a half of ascent before he jumps if all goes according to plan.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

yes watching it.

very interested to see who it goes.

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By *uckscouple2007Couple
over a year ago

Bucks

grrrr , still getting the buffering sign - guessing the server being overloaded

hopefully the bbc news channel will broadcast it soon (as they planned in the week)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"grrrr , still getting the buffering sign - guessing the server being overloaded

hopefully the bbc news channel will broadcast it soon (as they planned in the week)"

Working okay for me... still going up...

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By *arnayguyMan
over a year ago

Durham Tees

Try Youtube. You might catch it on there if you can't see it on Redbullstratos.com

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How long will it take for him to get down? And will he have time for a cuppa?

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By *uckscouple2007Couple
over a year ago

Bucks

have the page open on redbull AND on youtube but still getting the classic "round the clock" buffering

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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago

Livingston

Loaded straightaway for me.

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By *uckscouple2007Couple
over a year ago

Bucks

noooooooooooo

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By *uckscouple2007Couple
over a year ago

Bucks

just reboooted lappy and as i clicked on the youtube page it came up saying "needs javascript"

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By *uckscouple2007Couple
over a year ago

Bucks

sorted, watching via msn homepage

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

"How long will it take for him to get down? And will he have time for a cuppa?

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About six minutes. Tea and gateau at least...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We're trying to watch it but the feed keeps freezing. I don't tihnk they envisaged how many people would want to log in. Will watch a recording later.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

feed for me is excellent.

he has problems with the helmet visor not heating so lets hope they can sort it.

but its very interesting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Excellent feed for us, no buffering at all!!

Good luck to the fella, happy landings dude!!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

My feeds ace but the wife's sitting opposite me is shocking !!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Over 24 miles now, amazing!!!

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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago

Livingston

"My feeds ace but the wife's sitting opposite me is shocking !!!"

it is on bbc news 24 also

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well done that man! The fella has bigger balls than me, I get dizzy if I go up a step ladder!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Bit of an anti climax in the end !!

not sure what i was expecting !! ...

thought he may have dived off the platform instead of just stepping off

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Excellent...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't know how the guy fitted his massive bollocks in that small capsule!

That was one of the most nerve-wracking and exciting things I've seen in a while. The side image of him standing on the edge of the capsule with the Earth curving out behind him is going to be on that will be remembered for a long time.

Amazing achievement!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He's officially done it (verified figures are in)

128,097ft

And

833mph (mach 1.2).

My highest jump was a HALO jump back in 2001. I can't give specifics but it was over 40,000ft, I can't imagine how it felt to jump from 3 times that height.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I watched this live it was feckn amazing crazy sod

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Forgot to add what a rush that must have been

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By *uckscouple2007Couple
over a year ago

Bucks

for anyone who missed the event here is a great reconstruction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFU774q6eVM

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