Red Bull Stratos !!!!

[Solo]

After looking forward to it so much, I slept through the whole the whole thing I'll have to watch it o iPlayer later.

 

[Famine]

Only mildly relevant to this thread, but slightly more than a dozen years later Felix Baumgartner has died in an unspecified paragliding accident:

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident

The Austrian extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner died in a paragliding accident in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

His absolute height record fell in 2014, when Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890ft, though it remains the highest - and fastest freefall speed - without a drogue chute.

 

[MIE1992]

Only mildly relevant to this thread, but slightly more than a dozen years later Felix Baumgartner has died in an unspecified paragliding accident:

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident

The Austrian extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner died in a paragliding accident in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

His absolute height record fell in 2014, when Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890ft, though it remains the highest - and fastest freefall speed - without a drogue chute.

Terrible to hear. I even got to see his suit when it was on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center!