On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger parachuted in a pressurized suite from nearly 20 miles above the earth’s surface.Joseph Kittinger dived from 103,000 feet from Stratosphere above the surface of the earth. In the stratosphere there is no atmosphere, no wind, and thus no sensation of speed.
He hurtled through space and sky at over 600 miles per hour.
It took 13 minutes and 45 seconds for him to finally reach the ground.
Joe is a former command pilot and a career military officer in the United States AirForce.He holds the record for having the heightest, fastest and longest skydive, from a height of 13 kms and being the first man to make a solo crossing of the atlantic ocean in a gas baloon. No One has ever attempted such a jump and his record still stands after more than 50 years.
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