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Last updated: 03/21/2019 |
Alive Joe Kittinger
Info: | As a US Air Force captain he successfully made the highest parachute jump ever attempted when he rode a gondola suspended from a high-altitude balloon to a height of 102,800 feet (31,333 m) and jumped on August 16, 1960, he was also the first person to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic ocean in a balloon |
Date of Birth: | 07/27/1928 |
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Current Age: | 96 |
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