| Steve
Truglia will
attempt to set
a new World High Altitude
Parachute
Record this
Summer
by parachuting
from the edge
of space,
120,000 feet
(or over 23 miles
high).
The FAI,
(Federation
Aeronautique
Internationale),
will ratify
the World Record attempt.
A training
jump from
52,000 feet
will first take
place to test
all systems
from a
location
within the
USA. This will
be ratified by
the FAI as a
European
Record.
A
normal sport
skydive lasts
for 1 minute
before the
canopy is
deployed;
Steve's jump
will take over
7 mins, after
an ascent of
over 2 hours.
At
120,000ft
above the
Earth the sky will
be black and
the curvature
of the Earth
will be
clearly
visible.
This
photo was
taken on 27th
Feb 08 at Hinton
Parachute Club
in
Northamptonshire,
UK.
This was the
first real
test of
jumping in a
pressure suit
similar to the
one Steve will
use on his
120,000 feet
World Record
attempt.
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