Joseph William Kittinger II (July 27, 1928 – December 9, 2022) was an officer in the United States Air Force (USAF) who served from 1950 to 1978, and earned...
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successful space dives (above 100 km) have been completed to date. In 1959 Joseph Kittinger accomplished a jump from 74,700 feet (22.8 km); he then set a long-standing...
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Project Excelsior was a series of parachute jumps made by Joseph Kittinger of the United States Air Force in 1959 and 1960 from helium balloons in the...
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surname Kittinger: Joseph Kittinger (1928-2022), United States Air Force pilot, set parachute and balloon records for altitude Jo Kittinger (born 1955)...
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record for the highest-altitude jump, set in 1960 by USAF Colonel Joseph Kittinger, who was Baumgartner's mentor and capsule communicator at mission control...
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seconds shorter than the record set during mentor Joseph Kittinger's jump on 16 August 1960. Kittinger was also his radio contact during the jump. Two years...
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free-fall jump was Joseph Kittinger. However, Andreyev did not break the record for highest parachute jump, also held by Kittinger, but that jump was...
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the longest genuine free fall record. During the late 1950s, Captain Joseph Kittinger of the United States was assigned to the Aerospace Medical Research...
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Representative (R-TX). Joe Kernan, US Navy pilot, former governor of Indiana. Joseph Kittinger, USAF pilot, record-breaking parachutist. William P. Lawrence, US Navy...
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Kerr (two awards) John Kerry Jonny Kim Robert Kingston (two awards) Joseph Kittinger (two awards) Charles C. Krulak Chris Kyle Henry Louis Larsen (three...
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Space diving Yevgeni Andreyev Felix Baumgartner Charles "Nish" Bruce Joseph Kittinger Nick Piantanida Cheryl Stearns Steve Truglia Olav Zipser Victor Prather...
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1960, Colonel Joseph Kittinger performed the first high-altitude jump at 19.5 miles (31.4 km) above the Earth's surface. Kittinger's friend and United...
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been successful, he still would not have exceeded the record set by Joseph Kittinger for the highest-altitude parachute jump in history (31,300 metres (102...
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flights include three records set for highest skydive: the first set by Joseph Kittinger in 1960 at 31,300 m (31.3 km) for Project Excelsior followed by Felix...
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Mac Jones – New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Joseph Kittinger – United States Air Force pilot, performed the record highest and fastest...
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4 minutes 18 seconds, the second longest freefall after the 1960 jump of Joseph Kittinger for 4 minutes 36 seconds. In October 2014, Alan Eustace, a senior vice...
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resulting in a jumper being towed behind the aircraft. On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger, in the Excelsior III test jump, set the previous world record for...
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pressure suit failure during flight and training exercises. In 1960, Joseph Kittinger experienced localised ebullism during a 31 kilometres (19 mi) ascent...
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II and the Vietnam War. Joe Kernan, USN pilot, Governor of Indiana Joseph Kittinger, USAF pilot, prior high altitude research pilot who executed a record...
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basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League Joseph Kittinger, former United States Air Force officer KJ-52 (born 1975), Christian...
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successful solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by Colonel Joseph Kittinger. This flight is memorialized at the Rosie O'Grady Balloon of Peace...
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to make the selection committee accept him. USAF Capt. (later Col.) Joseph Kittinger, a USAF fighter pilot and stratosphere balloonist, met all the requirements...
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synthesizer (b. 1932) Jonathan Goldberg, 79, literary theorist (b. 1943) Joseph Kittinger, 94, United States Air Force officer and command pilot (Project Manhigh...
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Larry Kirkwood, former member of the Florida House of Representatives Joseph Kittinger, colonel, U.S. Air Force; USAF fighter pilot known for his high-altitude...
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unofficial record, which Piantanida was also trying to break, was held by Joseph Kittinger of the U.S.) Piantanida took a job driving trucks in order to give...
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near Kennedy, Nebraska. 1957-06-02: 29.4997 km (96,784 ft); Captain Joseph W. Kittinger (U.S. Air Force) ascended in the Project Manhigh 1 gondola to a record-breaking...
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died during altitude record breaking balloon ascent in 1927. Captain Joseph Kittinger, USAF: seven DFCs, served three tours in Vietnam and holder of the...
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United Kingdom. Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at an altitude of about 102,800 feet (31,300 meters). Kittinger sets world records...
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Felix Baumgartner Charles "Nish" Bruce Alan Eustace Michel Fournier Joseph Kittinger Nick Piantanida Cheryl Stearns "Steve Truglia". TED Conferences. Retrieved...
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downtown Orlando and the nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Joseph Kittinger was vice president of air operations. Balloon rides were still available...
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