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Before Baumgartner: 8 Craziest Skydives of All Time

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Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner gets set to leap from his capsule at an altitude of roughly 71,500 feet on March 15, 2012. CREDIT: Jay Nemeth/Red Bull Content Pool On Monday (Oct. 8), Austrian skydiver Feli ...

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What Would Ben Franklin Do With A Bunch Of Balloons? Everything

Source: NPR

Ask a great inventor to invent, and that's exactly what he'll do. Sometimes the ideas pop out like cannon bursts: "consider this ... " or "maybe this?" or "Wait! How about THIS!" Ben Franklin did that with balloons. ...
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Skydiving: Travis Pastrana Skydives Without Parachute

Source: Blinc Magazine

Discuss Skydiving: Travis Pastrana Skydives Without Parachute at the Skydiving News Feed within the BASE jumping :: Wingsuit :: Speed Flying :: BASEJumping.tv @ BLiNC Magazine; Red Bull gives you balls! Just another day at the office for the guy ...
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PHOTOS: They defy DEATH, with style!

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We present recent and archive Reuters images of daredevils performing out-of-the-world stunts. The slideshow includes the latest image of France's daredevil climber Jean-Michel Casanova climbing the Bailong Elevator near a cliff i ...
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Second Taiwanese fighter crash within a week

Source: Bangkok Post

A Taiwanese fighter jet ploughed into the sea off the island's north coast on Monday, the air force's second crash in less than a week, military officials said. A French-made Mirage 2000-5 of the Taiwanese air force flies at an low-altitude over a ...
Full article at: Bangkok Post  More like this  3 days ago, 12:49am CDT

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Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air by Richard Holmes – review

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high alti ...
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