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Skydiver Felix Baumgartner breaks sound barrier in record jump
Fp Archives •Felix Baumgartner hit Mach 1.24, or 833.9 mph (1,342 kph) on Sunday, according to preliminary data, and became the first man to reach supersonic speed without traveling in a jet or a spacecraft.
Images: How Felix Baumgartner jumped from the edge of space
Fp Staff •In a giant leap from more than 38 kilometres up, daredevil skydiver, Felix Baumgartner, shattered the sound barrier while making the highest jump ever. Images as he began his record-breaking jump.