Supersonic skydive called off due to gusty winds (Photo: Jorg Mitter  /  Red Bull Content Pool) ROSWELL, N.M. — Skydiver Felix Baumgartner postponed his death-defying 23-mile free fall into the New Mexico desert on Tuesday because of gusty winds. The 43-year-old former military parachutist from Austria had hoped to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier and shatter three other world records. Read the complete story.
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Supersonic skydive called off due to gusty winds

(Photo: Jorg Mitter  /  Red Bull Content Pool)

ROSWELL, N.M. — Skydiver Felix Baumgartner postponed his death-defying 23-mile free fall into the New Mexico desert on Tuesday because of gusty winds.

The 43-year-old former military parachutist from Austria had hoped to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier and shatter three other world records.

Source: MSNBC

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