Google exec sets new high-altitude skydiving world record

Google exec, Alan Eustace, has broken the 128,100-ft (39,045-m) high-altitude skydive record set by Felix Baumgartner in October, 2012 (with much less fanfare). Jumping from a balloon at 135,890 ft (41,419 m) above Roswell, New Mexico, Eustace also set new world records for vertical speed and freefall distance... Continue Reading Google exec sets new high-altitude skydiving world record



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Tags: Balloon, High Altitude, Skydiving, World Records, World's Fastest, World's Longest



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