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
If something goes wrong, the only thing that might help you is God.
I would've never dreamt that my skydive would trigger such gushing enthusiasm. I still don't really understand exactly what I've accomplished, although I always suspected it would be a truly spectacular moment.
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.
Of course my life has changed because now everybody knows who Felix Baumgartner is.
You have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.
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've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.
They call me Fearless Felix.
I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.