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Record-Breaking Skydiving Attempt Canceled on Account of Wind

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Reason Staff | 10.9.2012 2:28 PM

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The attempt by Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner to set a free fall skydive record was scrubbed today because of gusty winds at the launch site in Roswell, N.M.

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