The 43yearold also set new records for the highest freefall parachute jump both faisanctioned and unsanctioned, the highest vertical speed in freefall and the. Chuck yeager was an american test pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier the point where a speeding object such as an airplane passes the speed of sound. About a third of the way down, baumgartner reached mach 1. Coincidentally, baumgartners attempted feat also marked the 65th anniversary of u. Red bull stratos skydiver felix baumgartner breaks sound barrier.
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