On Sunday Felix Baumgartner jumped from 128 100 feet and reached a total speed of 1,342.8 km/h. In 1960 Joe Kittinger Jumped from 102,800 feet and reached a total speed of 988 km/h. I think Joe Kittinger’s jump was better.

Joe Kittinger did this 62 years ago. The technology that was used in Kittinger’s jump was primitive compared to Baumgartner’s jump. Baumgartner had a parachute that would automatically open at 5000 feet, no such luck for Kittinger. Joe’s pressurized glove malfunctioned at 43,000 feet and experienced severe pain in his hand while it swelled to twice it’s normal size. He continued up another 59800 feet. Kittinger’s parachute was an old design and was incredibly hard to control. Baumgartners’ chute was a state of the art parachute that is lightyears ahead of Kittinger’s design. Baumgartner weighed 260 pounds with all the equipment and Kittinger had to wear extra clothes and his equipment was much larger and bulkier.

You choose whos jump was your favourite.