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 feel comfortable with what I do and I guess that my girlfriend feels the same.
I had to work with a psychiatrist.
I'm retired from the daredevil business.
I have no privacy anymore.
I like to challenge myself.
I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
I'm 100 percent sure I'm becoming a really good helicopter pilot.
I'm more a competitive person.
I'm now a member of a pretty small club.
The stratosphere is a hostile place.
If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.
This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.
You have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.