Felix Baumgartner MotorShow exclusive guest live from the highest point on Burj Khalifa
Nadim Mehanna interviews Felix Baumgartner on top of the highest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Whereas visitors are only allowed to go up to the 128th floor, surely that was not enough for the daredevil! Felix and Nadim took 2 additional elevators and went up a staircase to reach the 168th floor where only VVIP guests have access. Of course Felix wanted to go even higher, all the way up to the antenna! Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian skydiving expert who completed a record breaking jump from the edge of space that has gone down in history. He flew to an altitude of 39,045 meters (128,100 feet) in a helium-filled balloon and did a 4:20 minute long supersonic freefall, reaching a top speed of 1,357.6 km/h or 843.6 mph (Mach 1.25) through the near vacuum of the stratosphere before being slowed by the atmosphere. Felix Baumgartner is the global brand ambassador of Zenith Watches; he met with Nadim Mehanna, Middle East brand ambassador of Zenith, in Dubai during his visit to the Middle East. Zenith is MotorShow’s official timekeeper.
20 March 2015, 12:00 AM