Do a Wiki look-up on 'Joe Kittinger' and see what the old chap who was 'CapCom' achieved not only in the low-tech World of 52 years ago but subsequently in his life. I'm rather ashamed to say that I had never heard of him! MikeB On 15 Oct 2012, at 01:19, "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Freefall time 4 minutes and 19 seconds. > > Does that mean he has to do two more to qualify for his 15 minutes of > fame?:) > > bones > > bones@xxxxxxx > http://woodair.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Mike Brook > Sent: 14 October 2012 15:57 > To: ukscenery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [jhb] The Stratos balloon jump record attempt > > The man is on his way up - live pictures at: > > http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/ > > Rather him than me! > > MikeB > > >