Monday, October 15, 2012

Felix Baumgartner Record Setting Jump

On October 14th 2012   Felix Baumgartner set the record for longest free fall at 24 miles above sea level and landed in  New Mexico and became the first man to break the sound barrier outside of a vehicle in only 4 minutes and 19 seconds.  This jumped was only broadcast on the Discovery Channel in the US which led to the jump breaking the record for most watch live video with 8 million unique viewers on YouTube. This broke records held by Prince Williams wedding to Kate Middleton which reached 3 million unique online viewers according to Akamai and President Barack Obama inauguration which reached 7 million unique online viewers according to Akamai.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/millions-watch-as-felix-baumgartner-378859



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