#skydivers

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The Human Torch saves a female skydiver from falling to her doom because her parachute is shrunken.

Source: Fantastic Four (2018) - Issue #11

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Bail Out for Fun. Cover illustration detail from Popular Mechanics magazine - May 1959.

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Have you ever been skydiving?

Yes, many times

Yes, once

No, but I would like to

No, and I wouldn't like to

Voting ended onFeb 8

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US Army Golden Knights

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landluber - Skydivers

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FELIX BAUMGARTNER (1969-Died July 17th 2025,at 56). Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper.He is widely known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon from the stratosphere on 14 October 2012 and landing in New Mexico, United States, as part of the Red Bull Stratos project. Doing so, he set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km (24 mi), reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), or Mach 1.25. He became the first person to break the sound barrier relative to the surface without vehicular power on his descent. He broke skydiving records for exit altitude, vertical freefall distance without a drogue parachute, and vertical speed without a drogue. Though he still holds the two latter records, the first was broken two years later, when on 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890 feet (41.42 km; 25.74 mi) with a drogue.

Baumgartner is also renowned for the particularly dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career.

Baumgartner died on 17th July 2025, at the age of 56. He sustained fatal injuries during a paragliding flight in Porto Sant’Elpidio (Fermo), Italy. A sudden medical issue resulted in a loss of control with a subsequent fall into a swimming pool at the coastal resort. An unnamed young woman was struck by Baumgartner and sustained non life threatening injuries.Felix Baumgartner - Wikipedia