Showing posts with label le grand saut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label le grand saut. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Oops

I blogged a bit back on Le Grand Saut and Michel Fournier who planned on skydiving from 130,000 feet. There seems to have been a bit of a snag.
A French skydiver's hope to set a new free-fall record has been dealt another setback — his ride to the sky left without him.

The helium balloon Michel Fournier, 64, was going to use to soar to the stratosphere detached from the capsule he was going to use to jump from 130,000 feet (40,000 meters).

It happened as the balloon was being inflated on the ground at the airport in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

The balloon drifted away into the sky without the capsule.

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Afraid Of Heights?

This guy obviously isn't. Best of luck to him. He goes in approximately 18 days.

Le Grand Saut.