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Skydiving Across the English Channel

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the 101st-airborne-becoming-jealous dept.

loonix_gangsta writes "Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian, has become the first person to skydive 35 km (22 miles) across the English Channel. Wearing a jumpsuit with a large carbon fin strapped to his back he reached speeds of up to 360 km/h. The whole flight took approximately 14 minutes. The newsitem is being covered by the BBC, SkyNews and CNN."

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  1. What English Channel? by Gadzinka · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Aahh... You mean La Manche Channel... You should have said so.

    Robert

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  2. Re:this may inspire terrorists by __aamkky7574 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Yeah, but how would the Israeli army get a bulldozer up that high to accidentally run him over?

    P.