This week Long Island’s Republic Aviation Corp. proudly announced the results of the flight: its XF-91, powered by a General Electric J47 turbojet and a Reaction Motors rocket engine, had become the ...

(DEK) The legendary Austrian skydiver who shattered the sound barrier and redefined the boundaries of human flight has died in a paragliding accident at 56. Felix Baumgartner didn't just fall from the ...

Skydiver, daredevil and extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner died Thursday. He was 56. The Austrian, who in 2012 became the first person to break the sound barrier with just his body, died in a ...

Felix Baumgartner died Thursday in a paragliding crash in Porto Sant’Elpidio, Italy, according to the local mayor. Baumgartner made history in 2012 by jumping from 24 miles above Earth and breaking ...