Staffing, documenting how to perform the famous jump from the stratosphere Felix Baumgartner, went around the world and immediately became a sensation.However, few people know that even before the Austrian-extremals attempts to implement jump incredible heights.
At the beginning of November 1962 Soviet testers Andreev and P. Dolgov received the task from the leadership of the Air Force up to a height of more than 25 kilometers and take the jump from the stratosphere.The goal in this case was pursued quite specific: to experience how to behave during the opening parachutes at different altitudes.If Andreeva experience overall was a success, then the jump P. Dolgov ended tragically when a jump from the gondola was damaged helmet, and the officer elementary suffocated due to lack of oxygen.Indicators Andreeva speed and altitude free fall for a long time been considered a record and have been listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
Another noticeable jump from the stratosphere was made in mid-August 1960 American J. Kittinger.The indicators here were even more impressive: the height of the stratospheric rise has exceeded 31 thousand meters.However, this jump was not recorded as a record for the reason that the descent was used stabilizing parachute.
Thus, we can conclude that a parachute jump from the stratosphere itself was not anything out of the ordinary, humanity has already for a long time to master all the stages of its implementation.However, this does not detract from the merits of Felix Baumgartner, who 14 October 2012 showed an outstanding result, blocking several records.
First, he jump from the stratosphere was made from a height of a little over 39 kilometers.The record is also a stratospheric ascent rate, which had never exceeded the "modest" 35 kilometers.Secondly, for the first time in free fall, a man was breaking the sound barrier, and the maximum speed reached 1342 kilometers per hour.Finally, thirdly, by F. Baumgartner made of this event a real show, and the views of this historic event in the Internet has exceeded all imaginable and unimaginable figures.
Actually, the jump from the stratosphere, carried out by 14 October 2012 was the result of long and laborious work, which took more than seven years and spent tens of millions of dollars.These funds went to the design and creation of a special capsule stratosphere, as well as tailoring special suits.In addition, F. Baumgartner has carried out hundreds of jumps from a variety of positions, checking the body perceives it as a huge overload.
Although the jump from the stratosphere was accompanied by a number of problems (for example such that the initial drop was planned with much lower height, but stratospheric behaved unpredictably and stood above), in general, he has demonstrated a tremendous opportunity that has humanity for the most daringplans.
