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Joe Kittinger, RIP
« on: December 10, 2022, 11:40:48 AM »
Col Joe Kittinger, USAF ret, made his final jump.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/legendary-air-force-pilot-parachuted-19-miles-earth-dead-94

Held the high altitude jump record for more than five decades.

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Re: Joe Kittinger, RIP
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2022, 01:58:06 PM »
Fifty years? How high did he start?!
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Re: Joe Kittinger, RIP
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2022, 03:32:53 PM »
Quote from: Devonai on December 10, 2022, 01:58:06 PM
Fifty years? How high did he start?!

102,800 feet in August, 1960. Record stood until Felix Baumgartner's 2012 STRATOS jump. Kittinger was CAPCOM for the attempt.

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Re: Joe Kittinger, RIP
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2022, 05:38:01 PM »
Quote from: Devonai on December 10, 2022, 01:58:06 PM
Fifty years? How high did he start?!
Don’t worry Devonai, I got the joke.
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Re: Joe Kittinger, RIP
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2022, 05:45:16 PM »
Quote from: cordex on December 10, 2022, 05:38:01 PM
Don’t worry Devonai, I got the joke.

Oh, duh.  :facepalm:

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