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Felix Baumgartner
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: April 20
Boxer
Daredevil
Military Personnel
Racing Automobile Driver
Skydiver
Felix Baumgartener
Supersonic Skydive
Highest sky dive
Fearless Felix
Felix Baumgarten
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When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about breaking records anymore, you do not think about gaining scientific data. The only thing you want is to come back alive
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I don't like to rate myself others can do that.
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People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach. My jump gave them an opportunity to come along for the ride. They could watch live on their screens how someone rises all the way up into the stratosphere.
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I once wanted to be a stuntman. I was constantly on the front pages when I was a base jumper. But if I were a stuntman, my name would only appear right at the end of the closing credits, even though I'd risked my life for others.
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To jump and break the sound barrier will not be a mere record breaking experience or another extreme event that ends once the mission is accomplished.
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You have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.
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I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.
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I feel at home up in the air, just like sailors do at sea and climbers do in the mountains.
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Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.
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I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.
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I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
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Learn to love what you've been taught to fear.
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Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning.
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I want to inspire the next generation. I want to be in mission control with someone younger than me wanting to break my record.
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They call me Fearless Felix.
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I would've never dreamt that my skydive would trigger such gushing enthusiasm. I still don't really understand exactly what I've accomplished, although I always suspected it would be a truly spectacular moment.
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I have a lot of fears that normal people have.
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I don't like to rate myself others can do that. I've spoken with a number of young people who weren't even born in 1969, when the first moon landing was made. They've witnessed the first person to fly at faster than speed of the sound without propulsion. These kids are happy to have had such a momentous event in their lifetime.
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I like to challenge myself.
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If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.
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