Baumgartner reached speeds of 360 kilometers per hour and endured temperatures of minus 40 degrees Celsius. A single mistake in the way he used his body could have put him off course and might have been very dangerous. He had prepared for three years for this flight, with rigorous training, including strapping himself on to the top of a speeding Porsche.
The Austrian daredevil is still thirsty for a new challenge and says that if he had known the flight across the Channel was so awesome, he would have attempted it sooner.