ROSWELL, N.M., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- An Austrian aerial daredevil planning to leap and free-fall from a balloon 23 miles over New Mexico says he will go supersonic before his parachute opens.
Wearing a pressurized suit and helmet, Felix Baumgartner will plummet from 120,000 feet as scientists, aerospace engineers, the Air Force and NASA study what pilots may encounter when bailing out of aircraft at ultra-high altitudes, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.