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Old September 22nd 03, 09:44 PM
Ed Rasimus
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:06:26 GMT, Juvat
wrote:

After an exhausting session with Victoria's Secret Police "Ed Majden"
blurted out:

Seems to me I heard somewhere that a high altitude parachutist was going
to try and break the sound barrier! Anyone know anything about this?


Try this
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/inter...754911,00.html


And, that link mentions that Joe Kittinger did it around 30 years ago.
Beside the supersonic freefall that Joe did, he also got a MiG in SEA
and spent some time as a guest of the North Vietnamese.

Ooops. I've fallen into the trap that Ed Majden set. Here's yet
another claim that either a Yank or a Russian did everything worth
doing first!

Yep, Kittinger did it already.