reflection 3

If I were a jury choosing the person of the year, I would choose Felix Baumgartner. Because he is full with the desire of flying and broke a world record jumping from 39km height. He was born in 20^th April 1969 in Salzburg, which is a city in Australia. He has always forced both the limit of a manned flight and his own limit. When he was 16 he started skydiving. Moreover, he was a member of the Austrian army with a responsibility for show and race, so he developed his flight skills at that time. In 1988, he started to exhibit skydiving shows for Red Bull. Felix’s adventurous soul and Red Bull’s way of extraordinary thinking have matched and they have been cooperating since those days. Now, I want to mention his success a little. He has been the first person crossing the English Channel with a particular carbon fiber wing. He achieved the world’s first jump from Christ the Redeemer Statue. He also jumped with parachute from Turning Torso in 2006. In 2007, he was again the first person to jump from the ninety-first floor of the building of Taipei 101. In addition to these successes; his most important one is his exceeding the sound wall, with no suspicion. He started to go up with a capsule which heighted 1360 kg in helium balloon from New Mexico. The rise lasted almost two and half an hour. When he reached 39.000 km, he jumped from the balloon and reached 1165 speed per hour. He could land successfully after six minutes. This was enough to break a world record, and of course he did. I really appreciate his passion about skydiving or jump. I enjoy this kind of extreme sports, so I prefer choosing him as the person of the year. I think he deserves it with this adventurous soul in him.