6 Major Internet Sensations Of 2012
Felix Baumgartner
Fearless Felix is the nickname of the Austrian daredevil, skydiver and BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner. His career is all about the unbelievable and dangerous stunts he performs and is very popular for. Felix learned parachute jumping when he was in the Austrian military where he was trained to land on small target zones.
The Red Bull Stratos jump is the most recent of his stunts where he jumped from the helium balloon in the stratosphere to Earth in October 2012. The jump has set the altitude record for greatest free fall velocity and parachute jump from the highest altitude so far. The jump is estimated to have covered 39 kilometers at a speed of 1,342 kilometers per hour, before he landed safely on earth. The video of the jump was watched on YouTube with 75,245,415 number of viewers and has 285,893 fans on Facebook.
He has created another unique record by skydiving across the English Channel with a custom made carbon fiber wing and he is also the first person to perform such a stunt.
