3 World Records Jumping From 41,470ft

[u/redbullgivesyouwings]

[u/howtheturntable808]

I'm still rootin for Baumgartner in that stupid redbull capsule. I don't care, that was kind of peak for me.

[u/FusselP0wner → u/howtheturntable808]

Yeah it was a pretty big thing. After that Redbull did alot of even more crazier stuff but it never popped off like he did

[u/smurb15 → u/FusselP0wner]

Only thing I think is fuckity is they used him as a test dummy so a billionaire could do it right after to break his record just enough to push him away but we know the real hero

[u/Martha_Fockers → u/smurb15]

No one knows that man’s name we all know Felix and that’s the name history will remember

[u/X7123M3-256 → u/Martha_Fockers]

That man's name was Alan Eustace. Still holds the record AFAIK.

[u/Martha_Fockers → u/X7123M3-256]

He broke skydiving records for exit altitude, vertical freefall distance without a drogue parachute, and vertical speed without a drogue. Though he still holds the two latter records, the first was broken two years later, when on 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890 feet (41.42 km; 25.74 mi) with a drogue

Meh not the same one man did it without the drogue the other did it with it

[u/ohmysomeonehere → u/howtheturntable808]

i don't understand how this is higher, when felix jump looked like he was jumping from black space. just camera trickery?

edit: now i understand. felix still jump king.

[u/ooo-ooo-ooh → u/ohmysomeonehere]

I don't think it was higher. The records were speed, distance and time.

[u/LacidOnex → u/ohmysomeonehere]

These are wingsuit records, that was freefall/parachute or whatever

It's all just publicity for them, they could have actually set an impressive "did my best" record but instead chose to cram 3 records into one run. None of the stats are impressive because they didn't push the limits, but milking one run to get all 3 is pretty neat.

[u/Creamy_Spunkz → u/ohmysomeonehere]

Baum wasn't wearing a wingsuit so it was a true free-fall. This is not a free fall since they're gliding through air, thus they are able to stay up for longer and go faster, which makes this whole video pointless.

[u/xgamer468 → u/ohmysomeonehere]

This jump was from 47k ft, Baumgartner jumped from 36km, this jump was not nearly as high as Baumgartners

[u/solemnstream → u/xgamer468]

Using 2 different units of measure in the same sentence is quite confusing lmao

[u/xgamer468 → u/solemnstream]

Yes but I think that's probably what initially confused OP, that's why I wrote it this way

[u/solemnstream → u/xgamer468]

Yeah i dont doubt you were trying to be helpful, i just found it funny

[u/jlusedude → u/solemnstream]

No, just conver the feet to meters, than multiply by 3, divide and carry the 2. What? 

[u/solemnstream → u/jlusedude]

Truly Washington's dream!

[u/Jebediah_Johnson → u/xgamer468]

This jump 14.3km (8.8 miles)

Baumgsrtner 36km (22.3 miles)

1 football field (17 giraffes)

[u/eschaton777 → u/ohmysomeonehere]

Yes, a fish eye lens made it look very exaturated and made it show false curvature that was not really there.

[u/langdon_alger22 → u/howtheturntable808]

many people were rooting for him until he decided to say some really dumb things in public and on his social media, i guess the lack of oxigen had an impact after all

[u/natdass → u/howtheturntable808]

the conservator???

[u/tidal_flux → u/[deleted]]

Its registration # N321LH comes back as a Piper Cheyenne 400 which has a ceiling of 41000 MSL. So the story checks out.

The Aircraft:

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N321LH

The Specs:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-42_Cheyenne

[u/Onair380 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah it is kind of sus, turboprops dont fly above 15k

[u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 → u/Onair380]

r/ConfidentlyIncorrect

[u/redbullgivesyouwings]

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Red Bull Starman 🐿️ Sebastián Álvarez

Final stats:

•  Speed: 550 km/h / 342 mph

•  Distance: 53.45 km / 33.22 mi

•  Time: 11 min 1 s / 661 seconds

•  Altitude: 41.470 ft / 12.640 m

3 Wingsuit World Records:

•  ⭐️ Speed

•  ⭐️ Distance of Flight

•  ⭐️ Time of Flight

[u/Impressive-Impact218 → u/redbullgivesyouwings]

342 miles per hour outside a vehicle is fucking insane

[u/NonCreditableHuman → u/Impressive-Impact218]

Imagine hitting a bird at that speed

[u/ConnectionPretend193 → u/redbullgivesyouwings]

fucking nuts.

[u/enlightened-creature → u/redbullgivesyouwings]

Easy, just jump out of a plane going 600 km/h to beat the speed. Heck, why limit yourself?

[u/EyeBeeStone → u/redbullgivesyouwings]

What’s the record without supplemental oxygen assistance?

[u/shouldntbeheer]

I would’ve shit my pants and passed out in about 3 seconds

[u/Fart_Simpson-69420 → u/shouldntbeheer]

That shit in pants would've worked as coushan's for landing. Of course the shit splatter would've also won you the distance covered record. 😏

[u/shouldntbeheer → u/Fart_Simpson-69420]

Hey hey 4 records at once

[u/miev_]

Why do world records end the moment they've beaten the old one and not continue until they've reached the limit? Takes away from an actual record when they just stopped when they could've gotten further.

[u/Snitches → u/miev_]

Because it’s more impressive if you’re the one that keeps breaking the old records, so you don’t want to set the bar so far ahead that it becomes too difficult to do. You beat the old record and stop there and then go back some time later and break it again - rinse and repeat. This brings in new revenue from advertisers. Especially if multiple people are going back and forth barely breaking each other’s records. It drums up public interest which translates to more advertising dollars.

[u/Silent-OCN]

I mean it’s literally just jump out of a plane and glide?

[u/VirusSlo → u/Silent-OCN]

Yea, The praise should go to the engineers that got him that high up and those who developed the suit.

[u/BrainWrex → u/VirusSlo]

You still gotta have the balls and the skill to do it.

[u/VirusSlo → u/BrainWrex]

Well yea, but maybe we've had many people through history with the balls to do this, but not the technology.

[u/Creepy_Mortgage → u/VirusSlo]

Nor the connections. Nor the time. Nor the thought process of thinking that this would be a great thing to achieve and strive for.

This is really kinda meh... I bet a lot of people would do this and would be able to do this...

[u/Nouverto → u/BrainWrex]

Balls would be enough, skills Is like riding a bike.

[u/MarloTheMorningWhale → u/Nouverto]

Yeah. Falling out of a plane in a squirrel suit isn't exactly a "skill". If he were to do some time trial thing with a specific line to follow for points, that requires some kind of skill. Dude is just falling fast.

[u/PhthaloVonLangborste → u/BrainWrex]

I wanna do it. Someone wanna send me?

[u/RisingWaterline → u/BrainWrex]

You have to have the money

[u/SeaFuel2 → u/BrainWrex]

What skill?

[u/TheDisgruntledGinger → u/SeaFuel2]

As a USPA skydiver myself it takes a ton of skill to wingsuit. I bet I could throw you out of a plane and you would violently somersault until you died. It takes a lot of skill to fly your body. Don’t be so daft.

[u/SeaFuel2 → u/TheDisgruntledGinger]

Your skydiving skills sound more impressive than your conversational ones.

[u/TheDisgruntledGinger → u/SeaFuel2]

Your comments and lack of knowledge in life are both on par with your downvotes.

[u/BrainWrex → u/SeaFuel2]

Maybe try it out before commenting. You can try to go to a local indoor skydiving spot and see how easy you can control a wingsuit. Now do that solo from 40k feet in the air.

[u/TheDisgruntledGinger → u/BrainWrex]

SeaFuel would walk into an iFly and come out battered and bruised physically and mentally. I don’t understand how people are so confident in what they say when they have no idea wtf they are even talking about.

[u/SeaFuel2 → u/BrainWrex]

How hard can it be? Like just stretch out your limbs.

[u/hawaii_funk → u/SeaFuel2]

the 8% of men who believe they can fistfight a lion:

[u/holydiiver → u/VirusSlo]

They deserve recognition, but you don’t give an Olympic gold medal for archery to the person who crafted the bow.

This guy has been training his whole life to pull this off. Let him have his moment.

[u/VirusSlo → u/holydiiver]

Olympic archers have the same level of equipment available. They're not compared to someone from antiquity.

[u/Disastrous_Still_232 → u/VirusSlo]

Why not everyone involved? Still takes serious guts and stamina to do this.

[u/X7123M3-256 → u/VirusSlo]

It takes skill to fly the suit well. Larger suits will give more time and distance but they also take more skill to fly. They have competitions for wingsuit time, speed and distance where everyone starts from the same height and people don't all get the same scores. In fact, a poor wingsuit flyer might not do much better than a skilled tracker with no wingsuit.

[u/richtrapgod → u/Silent-OCN]

He used jetstream for added speed

[u/elfmere → u/Silent-OCN]

And parachuting as you break it so you can do it all over in 6 months

[u/Nouverto]

To me It only looks like this record will be broken again soon

[u/Electrical-Case-978]

I wonder how many special forces have done that?

[u/MemeSpecHuman → u/Electrical-Case-978]

That was my thought, maybe not the speed, but being able to jump so far away from your intended landing zone would surely be of tactical benefit.

[u/Dtoodlez]

I would imagine the height record would impact the other two records

[u/Creamy_Spunkz]

Redbull used to have some cool stuff. A lot of it nowadays are just yawnworthy in comparison.

[u/A_Musty_Ass_Fart]

Over 300 mph outside of a vehicle is pretty crazy but what's really messing with my head is that he could essentially fall for 11 minutes straight. It looks like he's glides for a pretty good distance but still..

[u/Novel_Chocolate3077]

The dude that jumped from space fell for a less time?

[u/CapitalToe9957]

What's next???

"Guinness Record for the most Guinness Records broken in a single jump?"

[u/onepluckytardigrade]

This is impressive, but why pull the chute at exactly 11mins? Seemed like he could have gone much longer at the altitude

[u/RealisticEmploy3]

Is bro diving from space?

[u/[deleted]]

Nope ... Felix Baumgartner was higher and faster then that.

In the "Red Bull Stratos" project, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon at the edge of space (approximately 39 kilometers or 24 miles high) on October 14, 2012, breaking records for the highest freefall and fastest speed in freefall. 

[u/InTheEndEntropyWins → u/[deleted]]

Nope ... Felix Baumgartner was higher and faster then that.

Probably horizontal speed not vertical.

[u/Botsoda362]

Cool for getting 3 records that are documented to the public.

I bet someone’s government has smashed this record for defense purposes, they just are not publicizing it.

[u/JuicySpark]

Why does redbull have a monopoly over seemingly every world record attempt?

[u/Idc-f-off → u/JuicySpark]

They have the money and the influence.

[u/Idc-f-off]

Yawn. Didn’t someone literally jump from space? This is a fancy suit and a disposable budget.

[u/Kaffeetrinker49]

I hate these lenses that distort the view to make it look like he is jumping from the moon.

[u/151alani]

Whatever you do, do it well. Well done 👍

[u/Dr-McLuvin]

341.8 miles an hour that is wild.

[u/sachsrandy]

Wow. Can that guy ever.... Fall?

[u/bratukha0]

Holy moly, 342 mph?! That's insane! The prop plane tho...impressive.

[u/filipescu_rares]

4 world records. The 4th one is breaking the most world records at once

[u/Significant-Row-4158]

Baumgartner’s was better and more emotional. This is a great feat nonetheless but didn’t move me.. i feel like i could’ve done it. @redbull call my bluff.. i can do it better 😤

[u/joeyjoejums]

Distance is the what interests me.

[u/WillzeConquerer]

That shot where you can see the entire round earth behind him. I would love to have that view once in my life

[u/FishAndRiceKeks]

I bet somebody has completed a Rubik's cube while skydiving before landing.

Edit: Lots of people have done it apparently lol.

[u/Space-Wasted]

I have these records for making a shit. You dont de mee brag about it

[u/meatpopsicle42]

Another Red Bull ad. Cool.

[u/sagewynn → u/meatpopsicle42]

Hell yeah

[u/theMIKIMIKIMIKImomo]

More like Damnthatsanadforredbull

wtf man

[u/crasagam]

Can’t be a free-fall record in a glide suit.

[u/Ooze3d]

For a moment I thought it was Tom Cruise and tbh, I wasn’t surprised.

[u/Desolate_One666]

Flat earth?

[u/Cant-Gif-Right → u/Desolate_One666]

Why are you being downvoted? I came here to reference the same thing

[u/SteveMarck → u/Desolate_One666]

Nope, you can see the curve even at only 40k feet.

[u/Far_Bee_4017 → u/Desolate_One666]

Yes mate, they lied to us this whole time, and we were shield with a large glass dome actually

[u/sugary_dd → u/Desolate_One666]

Huh

[u/nuggysativa]

Looks flat to me

[u/ThinNeighborhood2276]

That's an incredible feat! Do you know which records were broken?

[u/THCESPRESSOTIME]

Dumb.

[u/THCESPRESSOTIME → u/[deleted]]

I’ve jumped outta of a plane before in Colorado. I only weigh 163 pounds. I don’t even think Red Bull gives you energy so I drink espresso.

[u/THCESPRESSOTIME → u/[deleted]]

You seem angry. Calm down it’s only the internet…

[u/THCESPRESSOTIME → u/[deleted]]

You must not socialize nor get touched by people a lot.

[u/THCESPRESSOTIME → u/[deleted]]

Are you gonna include a source or should we just take your word for it?

[u/Deviantdefective → u/THCESPRESSOTIME]

I think his word is good enough

[u/THCESPRESSOTIME → u/[deleted]]

I haven’t even spoken. We are typing.

[u/toasted_cracker → u/THCESPRESSOTIME]

It doesn't give you energy. It gives you wings.

[u/THCESPRESSOTIME → u/toasted_cracker]

Wiiiiings.

[u/SJATheMagnificent → u/THCESPRESSOTIME]

If someone ever replied to a comment of yours saying ‘you must be fun at parties’, you’d probably go list any quality you might have below

[u/THCESPRESSOTIME → u/SJATheMagnificent]

Indeed.

[u/TheDisgruntledGinger → u/THCESPRESSOTIME]

As someone who has been a skydiver for 10 years with around one thousand jumps your take is extremely dumb. Good job on your tandem jump noob.