Zzz wrote:LOL

low rider wrote:He'll yea! Best part was when he was ragdolling and people were clapping and cheering.I can't believe how smooth that went .The exit was perfect... Glad I got to see that happen. I wonder how much time delay was on the "live" feed. Red Bull is pretty much bad ass for making this happen. I love it.

Noe Flightrisk wrote:While Joe was taking him through the pre-jump checklist, Felix seemed a bit hypoxic.

For his efforts, Kittinger was awarded his salary of slightly over $3000 a month, in today’s dollars. The story barely made the papers.
After his historic jump, Captain Kittenger was deployed to Vietnam, engaging the enemy in both aerial and ground combat. [3 combat tours, 483 missions]. He shot down a MIG fighter jet, who returned the favor later that deployment by shooting him down, resulting in his being captured by the enemy.
After capture, Kittinger was a POW at the Hanoi Hilton for almost a year. During this time, he was routinely tormented by the enemy, including the infamous Vietnamese “rope torture.” He distinguished himself further while in captivity, bravely resisting the enemy to the best of his ability and maintaining command and control.
During his remarkable career, Colonel Joseph Kittinger was awarded 2 Silver Stars, 3 Bronze Stars with Valor device, 5 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 2 Purple Hearts, and 23 air medals! Beat THAT, Baumgartner!
Retiring in 1978 at the age of 50, still interested in ballooning and bored with civilian life, Colonel Kittinger married a hot chick 30 years his junior, and took up balloon racing. He became the first man to solo across the Atlantic ocean in a hot air balloon in 1984.