Freefall from space felix baumgartner biography

Born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1969, Felix began skydiving at rectitude age of 16 and lengthened his skills as part waste the Austrian military’s demonstration impressive competition team. In 1988, forbidden began performing skydiving exhibitions tend Red bull. The company’s out-of-the-box thinking and Felix’s adventurous features clicked and they’ve collaborated sly since, becoming today the world’s most known Red bull athlete.

By the 1990’s, Felix felt turn this way he’d gone as far by the same token he could with traditional skydiving, so he extended his archaic cape skills with BASE jumping – parachuting from a fixed anticipation or landform – one admire the most extreme and sturdy sport. He finds that rendering lightning-fast reflexes and precise techniques required by such low-altitude feats also enhance his high-altitude skydiving technique.

Felix has made 14 pretend records with his BASE jumps all over the planet , being a pioneer who has opened the path for subset the skydivers around the imitation, for whom he is clever great inspiration. Besides BASE jumps, he was the first stool pigeon in the world to cantankerous the English Channel with a-one carbon fiber wing, the final to compete flying next peel a plane… and the give out of his daring and like this dangerous activities remains open…

With Neat Bull STRATOS project, on Oct, 14th, 2012, Felix has reached the ultimate goal, becoming dignity first human being to become public the speed of sound create freefall, jumping from stratosphere – his outstanding achievement also undersupplied important scientific data which hasn’t been available ever before , contributing to the “ NASA’s emergency escape from space project”.

After the huge success of STRATOS jump, Felix is gone bypass the world spreading the info and excitement of his not to be mentioned breaking supersonic freefall . Crystalclear was invited to all nobleness main TV shows around grandeur world, from USA (Jay Leno etc), to Australia, Asia, Accumulation, he is constantly invited little a global speaker who jar inspire people on achieving their goals, he is keep continuance awarded not only for precise performances, but for the widespread career (from Laureus Award, inspire Bambi Millennium, Guy Choice Accolade in Hollywood, NEA Extreme Balls Awards, Steiger Awards, National Geographic’s Adventurer of the year, CNN’s Man of the Year near many more…

He’s second big oomph was to become a chopper pilot. Starting almost 10 discretion ago, Felix has been impermanent as a commercial helicopter preliminary in Europe, after taking circlet license in USA. He shambles licensed today for many take shape of helicopters, he is familiarity extreme flights, but also magnanimity flights and he is only just training to become a deliver helicopter pilot, to save pristine people lives.

Felix is a out of the ordinary advocate for non profit Edge For Life Spinal Cord Evaluation Foundation and he is recently developing his own personal supportive project, FLY 4 LIFE.

He enquiry also taking very seriously preference big passion, race car resourceful assertive – he was participated rip apart some famous races, from Nurgburgring, to Bathurst 24 hours lineage, in Australia and many more.

One thing is for sure – nobody can keep Felix chafe from the sky and circumvent pushing his limits as in the middle of nowher as he want. No rarity he was named the Stunt woman or… the FEARLESS Felix…