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- B.A.S.E. 502
- Felix Baumgartner was born on April 20, 1969 in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria. He is an actor and writer, known for Extreme Ops (2002), Vanna Bonta: What Goes Up (2005) and Explorers: Adventures of the Century (2013).
- Professional jumper.
- His idol is USAF Colonel Joseph William Kittinger.
- Started skydiving at age 16.
- He is a prominent advocate for the nonprofit Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation.
- Felix has been nominated for a World Sports Award and two categories in the NEA Extreme Sports Awards.
- [before launching his 24 mile-high space jump from a balloon] I'm coming home.
- [on whether he would have jumped with only a 50% chance he would survive] Never. If I do something,it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown. Fifty-fifty means you get the same chance to die as to survive. I'd never work that way. That would be stupid.
- As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view. As soon as I turned sixteen, I went to the local skydiving club and learned how to skydive. And from that moment on I was addicted.
- I have a lot of fears that normal people have. I'm just not scared of heights. In the beginning I had trouble with the suit. For an hour I was good, but anything longer I had anxiety. I thought we'd have to stop the mission because I couldn't stay in the suit. I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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