Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartneris an Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper. He is best known for his participation in the Red Bull Stratos project, in which he jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere on October 14, 2012. Doing so, he set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km, reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h, or Mach 1.25, . He became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power relative to the surface on...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionDaredevil
Date of Birth20 April 1969
CitySalzburg, Austria
CountryAustria
Felix Baumgartner quotes about
I don't like to rate myself; others can do that. I've spoken with a number of young people who weren't even born in 1969, when the first moon landing was made. They've witnessed the first person to fly at faster than speed of the sound without propulsion. These kids are happy to have had such a momentous event in their lifetime.
We want to push mankind's boundaries out a little further.
I want to inspire the next generation. I want to be in mission control with someone younger than me wanting to break my record.
When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about breaking records anymore, you do not think about gaining scientific data. The only thing you want is to come back alive
Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool.
The only thing you want is to come back alive.
Well, I jumped for the first time when I was 16. I just loved it and immediately realized that it was what I wanted to do.
To jump and break the sound barrier will not be a mere record breaking experience or another extreme event that ends once the mission is accomplished.
I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.
I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
I'm retired from the daredevil business.
I have no privacy anymore.
I like to challenge myself.
The stratosphere is a hostile place.