This Frech dude wants to jump from a hot-air balloon from an altitude of 40,000 feet. Why you ask? Well, to put it simply he wants to break the sound barrier with nothing but a parachute on his back. Summing it up in a typical understated French way, Michel Fournier refers to all this as le grand saut or, the big jump. The Man Who Will Fall to Earth
Posted by Pedraum at July 30, 2002 09:32 AM |