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Skydive Tecumseh one of few dropzones in the US to jump from 18, feet. Skydive Tecumseh is one of very few dropzones in the US to jump from 18, feet. It was my first time skydiving and I was so impressed by the staff at Skydive Tecumseh! Everyone was friendly and professional making you feel comfortable from the minute you arrive. The experience was unexplainably awesome! The free fall was such a rush, the parachute release was much less of a jolt than I anticipated, the landing was super smooth and Ken Beach is the bomb!

I will be back for my second jump soon. In jumping out of a balloon ,ft 24 miles; 39km above New Mexico, the year-old also smashed the record for the highest ever freefall. He said he almost aborted the dive because his helmet visor fogged up. It took just under 10 minutes for him to descend. Only the last few thousand feet were negotiated by parachute. Once down, he fell to his knees and raised his fists in triumph.

Helicopter recovery teams were on hand moments later. You don't think about breaking records anymore, you don't think about gaining scientific data - the only thing that you want is to come back alive," he said afterwards at a media conference. None of the new marks set by Baumgartner can be classed as "official" until endorsed by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI. Its representative was the first to greet the skydiver on the ground.

GPS data recorded on to a microcard in the Austrian's chest pack will form the basis for the height and speed claims that are made. These will be submitted formally through the Aerosport Club of Austria for certification. There was concern early in the dive that Baumgartner was in trouble. He was supposed to get himself into a delta position - head down, arms swept back - as soon as possible after leaving his capsule. But the video showed him tumbling over and over.

Eventually, however, he was able to use his great experience, from more than 2, career dives, to correct his fall and get into a stable configuration. Even before this drama, it was thought the mission might have to be called off.

As he went through last-minute checks inside the capsule, it was found that a heater for his visor was not working. This meant the visor fogged up as he exhaled. The team took a calculated risk to proceed after understanding why the problem existed. Baumgartner's efforts have finally toppled records that have stood for more than 50 years.

Kittinger set his marks for the highest, farthest, and longest freefall when he leapt from a helium envelope in The jump's top speed was thus Mach 1. Applause and cheers erupted in a post-jump press conference as Utley relayed the good news. It's like being in a cast," he said. About the only glitch during the jump was a problem with the faceplate heater in Baumgartner's helmet, which the skydiver and his Mission Control team worked on during the hours-long ascent.

They ultimately decided to proceed with the jump despite the heater glitch, and later Baumgartner reported the heater was working. While in freefall, Baumgartner went into a harrowing spin briefly, but was able to recover and go into a controlled descent. He said his visor was fogging up during the dramatic descent. After the daredevil fell toward Earth for more than four minutes, his parachute deployed and applause erupted from his Mission Control.

Baumgartner landed about 37 miles away from his launch point in New Mexico, project officials said. His capsule touchdown a further 55 miles east of the landing site, they added.

Baumgartner's mission — called Red Bull Stratos , and sponsored by the Red Bull energy drink company — also set the record for highest-ever manned balloon flight, officials said. Project officials touted the skydive as a "space jump," calling it a "Mission to the Edge of Space. The officially recognized space border is actually higher, however.