A man called Captain Joe Katinga. In 1960 climbing into a foil bloom Captain Joe ascended 32 km into the stratosphere, and then armed only with a parachute he jumped out. He fell for 4 minutes and 36 seconds reaching 740 mph, before opening his parachute, 5 km above the earth. It had never been done before and never been done since. He did it just because he could...


