| 词条 | Michel Fournier (adventurer) |
| 释义 |
| name = Michel Fournier | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|5|9|df=y}} | death_date = | birth_place = Treban (Allier), France | death_place = | placeofburial = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = France | branch = Air Force | serviceyears = | rank = Colonel | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = | battles = | battles_label = | awards = | relations = | laterwork = | signature = }}Michel Fournier (born 9 May 1944) is a French adventurer and retired Air Force colonel. He has been involved in planning attempts to break freefall jumping height records, but has yet to be successful in carrying out an attempt. He was born in Treban (Allier), in the Auvergne region of France.[1] Parachuting experienceAccording to the French version of his own biography, he (Michel Fournier) claims to have a total of more than 8,700 jumps in 2011, including a French record of height in freefall at 12,000 m.[2] However, his parachuting experience was disputed by Patrick de Gayardon[3] and the magazine Paramag.[4] No official institution has ever confirmed one of his titles.[5] Le Grand SautFournier has attempted to make record breaking freefall jumps on three occasions. In 1998, the French space agency chose Fournier to conduct a record jump to test the ability of astronauts to survive reentry without a space craft. This project was quickly canceled. In 2003, Fournier attempted his first privately financed jump but the balloon ripped while being filled. The New York Times reports that Fournier has spent "nearly $20 million" on his two private attempts.[6] Fournier was scheduled to carry out the Grand Saut (Big Jump) project in May 2008, which would have seen him ascend to {{convert|40|km|mi}} in a balloon and freefall {{convert|34|km|mi}} to earth before opening his parachute at {{convert|6|km|mi}} to go.[7] In the process he was expected to attain a speed in freefall faster than the speed of sound,[8] and reach speeds upward of {{convert|1000|mph|km/h}}. His freefall was expected to last 15 minutes.[9] If successful, this would have broken records previously held by Joseph Kittinger, who set the previous parachute record by jumping from {{convert|31333|m|ft|0}} in 1960 (with a small parachute for stability) under Project Excelsior; and Eugene Andreyev from the Soviet Union, who jumped from {{convert|24483|m|ft|0}} in 1962, setting the longest free fall record. The jump was expected to take place over the plains of Saskatchewan, Canada. After several delays due to weather, the attempt was made on 27 May 2008, but the balloon detached from its capsule as it was being inflated and floated away.[10] Another attempt was made on 16 May 2010 which was unsuccessful due to the skydiver's reserve parachute deploying inside the capsule during a pre-launch test while the balloon was being filled.[11] The next attempt was announced for May 2011, delayed until August and then apparently postponed to 2012.[12] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://legrandsaut.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=121&Itemid=132&lang=en |title=The man: Michel Fournier|publisher=Le Grand Saut project}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://legrandsaut.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=121&Itemid=132&lang=fr|title=Michel Fournier|publisher=Le Grand Saut project|language=fr|accessdate=February 28, 2011}} 3. ^Paramag #125, October 1997 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://paramag.nuxit.net/online/news/telecharge/icono_254.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306075602/http://paramag.nuxit.net/online/news/telecharge/icono_254.pdf|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2009-03-06|title=Le grand saut|first=Yves-Marie|last=Guillaud|date=July 2008|work=paramag.nuxit.net|publisher=Paramag|language=fr|accessdate=February 28, 2011|format=PDF}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://paramag.nuxit.net/online/news/telecharge/complem-icono-juillet.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306044913/http://paramag.nuxit.net/online/news/telecharge/complem-icono-juillet.pdf|dead-url=yes|archive-date=March 6, 2009|title=Complément d'information Paramag|publisher=Paramag|language=fr|accessdate=February 28, 2011|format=PDF}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=20-Year Journey for 15-Minute Fall|work=New York Times|first= Matt|last= Higgins|date= May 24, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/sports/othersports/24jump.html}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=French skydiver prepares for record jump from 40km up|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/26/2255683.htm|date=26 May 2008|publisher=ABC News Online|accessdate=24 June 2015}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1774130.stm|title=Skydiver to break sound barrier| publisher=BBC |date=22 January 2002}} 9. ^CBC Radio 1 newscast, 8{{nbsp}}am 26 May 2008 10. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7421435.stm|title=Jump record fails to take flight |publisher=BBC |date=27 May 2008}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/airships/sky-diving-record-attempt|title=Michel Fournier Free Fall Attempt|publisher=Popular Mechanics|date=17 May 2010}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.leprogres.fr/haute-loire/2011/01/11/des-eleves-du-puy-en-velay-prets-pour-le-grand-saut|title=Des élèves du Puy-en-Velay prêts pour Le grand Saut |publisher=Le Progres.fr|date=11 Jan 2011}}
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