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7Pm Tonight In Bkk Time, 1St Human To Break Speed Of Sound

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Tywais Star Member

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Tywais, is there an issue with the upload of your jpg's, as I always get the message that I don't have permission to view.

No problem that I can see. They're standard attachments and only 700 pixels wide. I'll check with a test account.

Successful landing but waiting to see if he broke mach officially. He hit, based on unofficial measurements, around 714 mph.

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Tywais, is there an issue with the upload of your jpg's, as I always get the message that I don't have permission to view.

No problem that I can see. They're standard attachments and only 700 pixels wide. I'll check with a test account.

Successful landing but waiting to see if he broke mach officially. He hit, based on unofficial measurements, around 714 mph.

I am logged in, otherwise I would not be able to post, but this is the message I get on every jpg.

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Tywais, is there an issue with the upload of your jpg's, as I always get the message that I don't have permission to view.

No problem that I can see. They're standard attachments and only 700 pixels wide. I'll check with a test account.

Successful landing but waiting to see if he broke mach officially. He hit, based on unofficial measurements, around 714 mph.

I am logged in, otherwise I would not be able to post, but this is the message I get on every jpg.

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sorry...nt thinking too straight at this hour. smile.png

Tywais Star Member

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Tywais, is there an issue with the upload of your jpg's, as I always get the message that I don't have permission to view.

No problem that I can see. They're standard attachments and only 700 pixels wide. I'll check with a test account.

Successful landing but waiting to see if he broke mach officially. He hit, based on unofficial measurements, around 714 mph.

I am logged in, otherwise I would not be able to post, but this is the message I get on every jpg.

Sorry, you don't have permission for that!

Strange, on my test account under Chrome and IE I also get the message. Will investigate further tomorrow. Worn out from the white knuckle action tonight. biggrin.png

smokie36 Star Member

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I watched it all but thought there was some sort of audio malfunction. Turns out I'd got my speakers turned off sad.png

The audio didn't work well for me either endure and mine were turned on full. My gf moaning about the link not working on youtube was perhaps partly to blame though!

Amazing video of him jumping.....balls of steel for sure!!

folium Platinum Member

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Seriously impressive. Felix is one very brave guy. He had no inkling of whether it would work out or not, but still went for it....

Exsexyman Gold Member

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I have to say this is one brave guy. Imagine when he stepped out, pretty much in to the unknown. I don't care how brave you are, his arse must have been twitching! Fair play to him, he deserves all the plaudits that will be coming his way. Well done.

David006 Gold Member

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Ok, I am having troubles putting a Thai spin on this, but in 2 and a half hours there will be an amazing jump form 120,000 feet in an attempt to be ...

How about with starting with using the metric system, using figures in meter and kilometer when talking about length and distances.

Then have you at least a little international spin. Imperial units aren't really used in Thailand. ;-)

5555 pedantic sod...do you similarly advise airline pilots ??? " ........we are now flying at 9150 metres....."...lol

Op ...OK.... we are in self imposed exile I suppose..thanks for keeping us in touch with the world.......smile.png

just reading on here..quite something:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121014170655.htm

chooka Star Member

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Ok, I am having troubles putting a Thai spin on this, but in 2 and a half hours there will be an amazing jump form 120,000 feet in an attempt to be ...

How about with starting with using the metric system, using figures in meter and kilometer when talking about length and distances.

Then have you at least a little international spin. Imperial units aren't really used in Thailand. ;-)

5555 pedantic sod...do you similarly advise airline pilots ??? " ........we are now flying at 9150 metres....."...lol

Op ...OK.... we are in self imposed exile I suppose..thanks for keeping us in touch with the world.......smile.png

just reading on here..quite something:

http://www.scienceda...21014170655.htm

Was this a publicity stunt for 5555 "Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem" A Japanese Movie? I had to google 5555 and assume these two are linked.

ttelise Gold Member

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Dude was in a pretty nasty spin there for a moment and then he must have hit thicker air and stabilized. Seems like a high spin rate could cause some G issues or blackout. Pretty frickin dangerous for that issue alone, not to mention the fact he practically jumped from outerspace with a parachute.

Amazing, but props to guy who did a jump from 100,000 feet in 1960. That is pretty crazy considering the technology at the time.

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cloudhopper Platinum Member

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How many seconds can you last without oxygen out side of a 747 at 34,000 feet, (I don't know, something 10 seconds I think)

Having been in the US Air Force if one wants to bum a ride on a fighter jet I had to go through qualification training. That involves high altitude training and basic parachute training.

The high altitude training, besides the classroom theory, involves a high altitude chamber - basically a very big vacuum chamber. They run a series of various altitude tests to let you get a feel for using the O2 equipment and let your nerves settle down. wink.png They then take you up to the equivalent of 42,000 feet then slowly bring you down to around 32,000 feet. At this point you are paired off. One keeps the O2 mask on and monitors the other who removes his and watches for various effects of hypoxia. Then they switch.

I was over one minute but I'm sure he misjudged my symptoms and could have gone longer. biggrin.png

Interesting devices they had to show what happens with the change in altitude. They ran a tight string across the chamber and a bottle with a deflated balloon on it. As we went up in altitude, the string started drooping showing the walls of the chamber were being pushed in. The balloon started filling way up so you can guess about the various gases in your body and what happens then. tongue.png

They have another attached chamber that is vacuumed down to equivalent of 35000 feet while you are at ground level pressure. They suddenly open a large valve between the two chambers and you promptly go from ground level to 35000 feet in a very short time. Nice cloud formed in the chamber when doing it.

Average Effective Performance Time for flying



personnel without supplemental oxygen:

15,000 to 18,000 feet ..........30 minutes or more

22,000 feet ...............................5 to 10 minutes

25,000 feet .................................3 to 5 minutes

28,000 feet............................2 1/2 to 3 minutes

30,000 feet .................................1 to 2 minutes

35,000 feet ............................30 to 60 seconds

40,000 feet ............................15 to 20 seconds

45,000 feet ..............................9 to 15 seconds

I did that course when I was doing high altitude glider flights in wave. Thought my partner was the stupidest tic tac toe player on the planet until he drew a line through his 3 Os and they put my mask back on.

When Felix was spinning and not talking I was beginning to wonder; glad this one had a happy ending. Too bad they didn't have his altimeter display on the video - it looked like he opened pretty high.

It was interesting to see the balloon climb when he vented a few kilos of gas inside the capsule; I wonder how high it went after he jumped?

bendejo Diamond Member

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Has the footage from the cameras attached to his space suit been released yet?

That is really what I'd like to see.

arkom Silver Member

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the vid of the jump in this link.

http://www.telegraph...d-of-sound.html

really amazing stuff.

when I posted this originally I was hoping the Mods would keep it up out of interest. I am glad other people find things of interest out of Thailand as well.

Will there be a replay? Wanted to watch but thought it was today so I missed the live feed.

Here is the key point video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDg6tcalkl8

Thanks for the links, gotta give Felix props for that jump!!

mauGR1 Ruby Member

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Very glad he made it, when he started spinning, i feared the worst ( i am guessing here, but i didn't read anything about an automatic and/or remote controlled parachute opening device ) so if he had lost consciousness it would have been the end.

I was impressed to see the balloon so close, for few minutes i was wondering the simultaneous ascending of a twin balloon, until i heard somebody talking about good lenses.. ( a telescope ? )

All in all quite thrilling !

Thanks to the OP for the reminder, i had forgot and i could have missed it !

Tywais Star Member

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Thanks to the OP for the reminder, i had forgot and i could have missed it !

+1 wai2.gif

As far as I know he has a barometric parachute release and believe was mentioned much earlier on. Yeah, I need one of those lenses for my Panasonic GH2. biggrin.png

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chooka Star Member

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Well done Thailand, the Yoovidhaya family and redbull for deflecting young Yoovidhaya's actions of killing a policeman with this stunt. The family will be rejoicing and redbull will be happy that the hier has the focus taken off him.

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GiHadOrange Advanced Member

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Ok, I am having troubles putting a Thai spin on this, but in 2 and a half hours there will be an amazing jump form 120,000 feet in an attempt to be ...

How about with starting with using the metric system, using figures in meter and kilometer when talking about length and distances.

Then have you at least a little international spin. Imperial units aren't really used in Thailand. ;-)

5555 pedantic sod...do you similarly advise airline pilots ??? " ........we are now flying at 9150 metres....."...lol

Op ...OK.... we are in self imposed exile I suppose..thanks for keeping us in touch with the world.......smile.png

just reading on here..quite something:

http://www.scienceda...21014170655.htm

Your source, the science daily did it well. They use meters and kilometers and km/h.

And i am not a pilot, but when i am a passenger in an airplane i get such informations also in meters, at least in those regions on this planet i travel around.

I am not pedantic, but i guess that i am not part of the mass you called "WE, in the self imposed exile".

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