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Post 24 Oct 2014, 8:34 pm

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Post 25 Oct 2014, 3:32 pm

Neat event, Neal, and this is the latest high-altitude fall record. But you wouldn't know it from this "official" video, which I thought was boring, lacked any suspense, was either highly edited or just not filmed in detail, so was way too short.

Compare this official Google video to the official Baumgartner video (see below) and you will shake your head wondering why Google would release such a lackluster video. It looks more like something from a cheap TV show. NO CRITICISM OF YOU, NEAL!

Some Baumgartner videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvbN-cWe0A0 (almost 20 mins worth every second to watch)

Eustace may have beat Baumgartner in height and speed, but he came up a poor second in the retelling!