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#3731249 - 02/05/13 09:33 PM Baumgartner fell faster than thought.  
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#3731320 - 02/06/13 12:29 AM Re: Baumgartner fell faster than thought. [Re: RedToo]  
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Anyone jumping out of a perfectly good balloon, is nuts.





...or was that supposed to be.....'plane'?


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#3731332 - 02/06/13 12:54 AM Re: Baumgartner fell faster than thought. [Re: RedToo]  
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I don't even know what the speed of thought is, so I am unable to know just how fast he was going.


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#3731334 - 02/06/13 12:56 AM Re: Baumgartner fell faster than thought. [Re: RedToo]  
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That is pretty neat.




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#3731417 - 02/06/13 04:31 AM Re: Baumgartner fell faster than thought. [Re: Murphy]  
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Originally Posted By: Murphy
Anyone jumping out of a perfectly good balloon, is nuts.





...or was that supposed to be.....'plane'?


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#3731438 - 02/06/13 05:28 AM Re: Baumgartner fell faster than thought. [Re: RedToo]  
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At those speeds he is lucky he didn't open his mouth or he would have blown out the seat of his pants. biggrin


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