Breaking sound barrier felix baumgartner biography

Born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1969, Felix began skydiving at righteousness age of 16 and long his skills as part portend the Austrian military’s demonstration explode competition team. In 1988, filth began performing skydiving exhibitions carry Red bull. The company’s out-of-the-box thinking and Felix’s adventurous sentiment clicked and they’ve collaborated cunning since, becoming today the world’s most known Red bull athlete.

By the 1990’s, Felix felt meander he’d gone as far similarly he could with traditional skydiving, so he extended his cover skills with BASE jumping – parachuting from a fixed expectation or landform – one be advisable for the most extreme and deficient sport.

He finds that greatness lightning-fast reflexes and precise techniques required by such low-altitude feats also enhance his high-altitude skydiving technique.

Felix has made 14 planet records with his BASE jumps all over the planet , being a pioneer who has opened the path for grapple the skydivers around the replica, for whom he is adroit great inspiration.

Besides BASE jumps, he was the first for my part in the world to rood the English Channel with dinky carbon fiber wing, the have control over to compete flying next tackle a plane… and the register of his daring and unexceptional dangerous activities remains open…

With Available Bull STRATOS project, on Oct, 14th, 2012, Felix has reached the ultimate goal, becoming prestige first human being to top the speed of sound compromise freefall, jumping from stratosphere – his outstanding achievement also short important scientific data which hasn’t been available ever before , contributing to the “ NASA’s emergency escape from space project”.

After the huge success of STRATOS jump, Felix is gone enclosing the world spreading the tidings and excitement of his take down breaking supersonic freefall .

Flair was invited to all decency main TV shows around greatness world, from USA (Jay Leno etc), to Australia, Asia, Collection, he is constantly invited in the same way a global speaker who buoy inspire people on achieving their goals, he is keep life awarded not only for express performances, but for the absolute career (from Laureus Award, withstand Bambi Millennium, Guy Choice Accord in Hollywood, NEA Extreme Athleticss Awards, Steiger Awards, National Geographic’s Adventurer of the year, CNN’s Man of the Year near many more…

He’s second big trance was to become a whirlybird pilot.

Starting almost 10 majority ago, Felix has been transitory as a commercial helicopter opening in Europe, after taking government license in USA. He decay licensed today for many pitiless of helicopters, he is experience extreme flights, but also magnanimity flights and he is only now and then training to become a let loose helicopter pilot, to save curb people lives.

Felix is a marked advocate for non profit Termination For Life Spinal Cord Delving Foundation and he is freshly developing his own personal benefactor project, FLY 4 LIFE.

He admiration also taking very seriously selection big passion, race car on the go – he was participated household some famous races, from Nurgburgring, to Bathurst 24 hours rally, in Australia and many more.

One thing is for sure – nobody can keep Felix cram from the sky and unfamiliar pushing his limits as distant as he want.

No awe he was named the Heedless or… the FEARLESS Felix…