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(Newsdesk) Baumgartner was lifted from Roswell, NM with the helium balloon for nearly two and a half hours before he jumped. The air became so thin the balloon started to float. Of great concern was when Felix found that a heater of his visor was not working. It meant that the visor fogged up. Although he told Kittinger, the only person he spoke to, it is serious, the jump went ahead. The Austrian Sky diver broke three records; the highest balloon flight, the highest free fall and the fastest speed. Preliminary flight figures according...
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