free fall

When I first applied to work at Q103, I had to fill out a questionnaire, one of which asked if I had only 24 hours to live, what would I do? I replied with "Skydive." Never did I think that nearly two years later I would get such an opportunity and for such a good cause nonetheless! On August 25, I will be jumping out of a plane for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Felix Baumgartner is planning to do something no one else ever has- to freefall from the edge of space, open a parachute and land safely on the Earth. But there is one pesky thing in his way- the speed of sound. He will reach the speed of sound on his freefall without an aircraft. He'll just be wearing a "space suit". A test jump by Felix from 70,000 feet was a success. From here, they m