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Meteorologist: Supersonic skydive 'a go' on Sunday

By Associated Press

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LAST UPDATED: 10:31 a.m. HST, Oct 13, 2012

ASSOCIATED PRESS / MARCH 2012
Felix Baumgartner prepared to jump during the first manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos over Roswell, N.M.

ROSWELL, N.M. » The weekend weather in New Mexico appears to be cooperating this time for a daredevil trying to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.

Meteorologist Don Day says the weather forecast is still favorable for the jump, scheduled for early Sunday near Roswell, N.M.

Former Austrian paratrooper Felix Baumgartner will be prepared at sunrise to launch his 30-million-cubic-foot helium balloon to hoist a 3,000-pound capsule that will carry the jumper 23 miles up in the sky. The jump has already been canceled twice due to high winds.

Baumgartner will try to break a 1960 high-altitude parachuting record. He will also test a pressurized suit that is designed for stratospheric jumps.






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