Ground control to Major Felix

Last month, we told you about Red Bull Stratos, a crazy cool project that aims to send Felix Baumgartner up high. Really high. Super duper insane high.

The Red Bull Stratos project released a cool video this week about some of the science and technology behind the record attempt. Our good friend Kelly Farrington even makes a surprise appearance!

Enjoy (unless you’re on a Mac, in which case – sucks to be you. Or, you could try this.):

Born to Fly

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Brian Buckland has really amazing prints of the 108-way for sale over on his blog, blog.brianbuckland.com.

Own a little piece of history, support an artiste and get a discount. I really don’t know what more you could want. Well, maybe I do, but they don’t sell that. Well, maybe they do, but it’s not legal. Well, maybe it is, but this isn’t Nevada, you know.

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When we started this crazy adventure, we promised you seven days with Jeff Provenzano, better known as Jeffro, the first canopy pilot to ever execute a Miracle Man in competition.

It got scheduled, re-scheduled…basically never happened (though we did give you some great weeks with Eric Deren and Nick Grillet). Until now! Jeffro is in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with the Red Bull Air Force and we’re tagging along for the surreal, alcohol-free ride. Look for the final week in the March issue of Blue Skies Mag, and stay tuned here for some audio outtakes and long-long-distance phone calls.

Yep, he's that guy. Ad by optionstudios.com.

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Mum! Topless! Haiti! Skydive!

We first learned of Kat Mager’s charity skydive from this headline bait: Mum’s Topless Haiti Skydive! I was very scared to open the link, fearing…well, the worst. But, Kat is super hot and, as it turns out, super sweet. She is trying to raise £2,000 (~ $3,000) for Haiti relief, and if she does, she will indeed skydive topless.

We think it behooves all of our subscribers to support this worthy cause. Donate here and now! And be sure to kick in a little extra so she can afford to hire a videographer. (UK Skydiving videographer, you might find a publication willing to print those photos. We just can’t think of which one that would be )

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It was quite an eventful weekend. Long story short, I deleted the entire website database at approximately 13:05 EST on Saturday. We had a backup from the previous Sunday (2/6) and restored to that point. So, a few posts, a lot of dog poo votes and a couple comments were lost. I apologize! If you voted in our Dogs at the Drop Zone? poll, go back and vote again. We’ll recreate the posts to the best of our memory. Uh yeah, which isn’t great.

On a brighter note, you all should be getting your January/February issues right about now! Let us know what you think, and get ready for some super duper coolness in the March issue. And, it was a gorgeous weekend, so there should be plenty of No Shit! stories, beer fines and pictures to share with us

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This month’s Skydive Radio got us debating the classic DZ debate: Should dogs be allowed on the drop zone?

Dogs at the drop zone?

• Yes
• No
• Yes, as long as their owners are not like Al Berchtold, who lets his dog shit in the peas without picking it up.
• Yes, in designated areas/times only.

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Kudos to all the drop zones that have donated their planes, time and efforts to Haiti relief work, and to USPA for initiating the effort.

From PR Newswire:

Skydiving centers across the country have found an unusual way to contribute to the Haiti relief effort – by using skydiving aircraft to transport food and medical supplies to the island.

“Jump aircraft are especially well-suited for these missions,” said Ed Scott, executive director of the U.S. Parachute Association (USPA). “Most have large cargo doors and are easily converted to carry cargo. Most can also take off and land on short and sometimes rough landing strips.”

Shortly after the earthquake, USPA e-mailed its affiliated skydiving centers that relief organizations and the U.S. government needed aircraft to bring supplies and personnel from around the U.S. to Florida for staging, as well as directly to Haiti.

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