Felix Baumgartner

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Baumgartner, Felix Baumgartner

(born 20 April 1969)
is an Austrian skydiver and a BASE jumper. He set the world record for skydiving an estimated 39 kilometres (128,000 ft), reaching an estimated speed of 1,342 kilometres per hour (834 mph), or Mach 1.24, on October 14, 2012.He is also renowned for the particularly dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career. Baumgartner spent time in the Austrian military where he practiced parachute jumping, including training to land on small target zones.



Baumgartner's most recent project was Red Bull Stratos, in which he jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere
on 14 October 2012. As part of said project, he reached the altitude record for a manned balloon flight.

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Haiku and Senryu


supersonic skydive --
a red leaf
touching the ground

Today, (October 14, 2012) extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed safely after a 38-km leap to Earth in bid to break sound barrier.

Chen-ou Liu
Canada


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border
to infinity -
one for all

leap into space -
one man
and his limit

Alex Serban
Romania


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thunder clap
beyond the boundaries
a man's free fall

Angelo B. Ancheta


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from the edge of space
a man's free fall
...computer swings

Heike Gewi

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