NE cube 7:43 Shaky

They aborted today's attempt. Too windy for the balloon.

If all goes as planned today, Felix Baumgartner will step off a small platform and skydive into history.

Baumgartner will climb to around 23 miles (37 kilometers) above New Mexico in a pressurized capsule attached to history's largest helium balloon—55 stories tall and as wide as a football field. When the weather is right and all systems are go, he'll exit the capsule in a pressurized suit and free-fall to Earth.

Baumgartner's team estimates the Austrian sky diver and helicopter pilot will reach Mach 1.2—roughly 690 miles (1,110 kilometers) an hour—and free-fall for five and a half minutes before opening a parachute at 5,000 feet (1,524) to float him to the ground.

Watch it live staring at 1 PM EDT.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/10/121008-felix-baumgartner-skydive-how-to-watch-live-video/

Yeah, but can he catch a pigeon?

Beauty on Main Camera
Then to perch before leaving

10:14 Shaky

 

Must be DC under NE wing 12:40 Shaky

  Do you know what this is? 

And more importantly, why is he wearing a shower cap?

Duh, cuz he doesn't want to get his head wet! 

Must be nice to have a bathroom that big.

  Do you know what this is? 

And more importantly, why is he wearing a shower cap?

They didn't devote much air time to Peregrine falcons, just that one bit with the starlings. They probably wouldn't have mentioned falcons at all if one hadn't appeared while the crew was filming starlings.

At least we know where Hammie went.

Definitely needed the Yakety Sax sound track.

Flew south at 9:42 Shaky

9:27 Shaky

Yet another home invasion thwarted by a homeowner who owns a hand
puppet.

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