Aerodynamic Drag

Resources

• Falling animals
  • High-rise cat syndrome (in chnronological order)
    • The high rise trauma syndrome in cats. G.W. Robinson, et al. Feline Practice. Vol. 6 (1976): 40–43.
    • High-Rise Syndrome in Cats. Cheryl Mehlhaff and Wayne Whitney. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Vol. 191 No. 11 (1987): 1399–1403.
    • Why Cats Have Nine Lives. Jared Diamond. Nature. Vol. 332 (1988): 586–587.
    • How Cats Survive Falls from New York Skyscrapers. Jared Diamond. Natural History. (1989): 20–26.
    • Die polytraumatisierte Katze. R. Barth. Kleintierpraxis. Vol. 35 (1990): 321–330.
    • Feline high-rise syndrome. A.S. Kapatkin and D.T. Matthiesen. Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian. Vol. 13 (1991): 1389–1394.
    • 46 Floors Down, Still Purring. New York Times. (1994): CY6.
    • High-rise syndrome: retrospective study on 413 cats. G. Allenou Dupre and B. Bouvy. Veterinary Surgery. Vol. 24 (1995): 294.
    • Feline high-rise syndrome in the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen. A four-year retrospective study. A. Flagstad, J. Arnbjerg, S.E. Jensen. European Journal of Companion Animal Practice. Vol. 9 (1998): 165–171.
    • High-rise Syndrome in Cats: 207 cases (1988–1998). L.G. Papazoglou, et al. Australian Veterinary Practitioner. Vol. 31 No. 3 (2001): 98–102.
    • Feline high-rise syndrome: 119 cases (1998–2001). D. Vnuk, et al. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. Vol. 6 No. 5 (2004): 305–12.
    • Cat Survives High Rise Plunge. Luke Funk. WNYW TV Channel 5. New York (2011). The original webpage disappeared, but identical copies are available at KSAZ Phoenixand WAGA Atlanta.
    • Fat cat Eddie gets snatched up by hawk, but dropped in neighbor's garden due to weight. Joanna Molloy. New York Daily News. (2011).
    • Miracle Cat Survives 20-Story Fall From Upper West Side Apartment Building. WCBS New York. (2011).
    • Cat Survives 19-Story Fall From Boston Apartment Building. Christina Hager. WBZ-TV Boston (2012).
    • Kitty falls 11 stories from Mendenhall Tower window. Jennifer Canfield. Juneau Empire. (2013).
  • High-rise dog syndrome
    • High-rise syndrome in dogs: 81 cases (1985–1991). L.E. Gordon, C. Thacher, A. Kapatkin. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Vol. 202 No. 1 (1993): 118–22.
    • Lucky dog survives four-story fall. Jennifer Bain and Annie Karni. New York Post. (2011).
  • High flyer syndrome/jumper's syndrome/high-rise people syndrome
    • Falls from heights: a surgical experience of 200 consecutive cases. B.M. Reynolds, N.A. Balsano, F.X. Reynolds. Annals of Surgery. Vol. 174 (1971): 304–310.
    • Injuries in children sustained in free falls: an analysis of 66 cases. M.D. Smith, J.D. Burrington, A.D. Woolf. Journal of Trauma. Vol. 15 (1975): 987–991.
• Skydiving altitude record (completed, attempted, and proposed)
  • Alan Eustace (current record holder — 24 October 2014)
    • StratEx Team make stratospheric exploration history at over 135,000 feet. Paragon Space Development Corporation.
    • Parachutist's Record Fall: Over 25 Miles in 15 Minutes. John Markoff. New York Times (2014).
  • Felix Baumgartner (former record holder — 14 October 2012)
    • felixbaumgartner.com
    • Red Bull Stratos Project
    • Skydiver Felix Baumgartner breaks sound barrier. Jonathan Amos. BBC (2012).
    • Space Dive. BBC 2 (2012).
  • Joseph Kittinger (former record holder — 16 August 1960)
    • Fantastic Catch in the Sky: Space Race Soars with a Vengeance. Life (1960): 20–25.
    • The Long, Lonely Leap. National Geographic (1960): 854–873.

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      The Long, Lonely Leap (paid link). Joseph W. Kittinger and Martin Caidin. New York: Dutton (1961). Kittinger's first autobiography.
    • Joseph William Kittinger, Jr. National Aviation Hall of Fame (1997)
    • Leap of Faith. Pat McKenna. Airman. Vol. 43 No. 12 (1999): 6.
    • Skydive from the Stratosphere. NOVA. PBS (1999).
    • Earth: The Power of the Planet: Atmosphere: The edge of space. BBC. (2007).

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      Come Up and Get Me (paid link). Joe Kittinger and Craig Ryan. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico (2011). Kittinger's second autobiography.
    • No Ordinary Joe. Matthew Bates. Airman. Vol.56 No. 3 (2012).
  • Michel Fournier (two aborted attempts — 2008, 2010)
    • Le Grand Saut (The Super Jump) domain expired on 9 July 2013
    • Michel Fournier's balloon flies away. Reported by Rob Marciano and Jeanne Moos. CNN (2008).
  • Steve Truglia (proposed)
    • Project Space Jump
    • A leap from the edge of space, Steve Truglia. TED Talks (2009)
  • Cheryl Stearns (proposed)
    • cherylstearns.com
    • stratoquest.com. Domain expired on 19 July 2013.
    • The Sky's No Limit for Army Reservist Cheryl Stearns. Steven J. Alvarez. Stars and Stripes (2001).
    • Parachute Jump. All Things Considered. National Public Radio (2000).
    • Terminal Velocity. Craig Offman. Wired. Vol. 9 No. 8 (2001).
  • Rodd Millner (proposed)
    • Australian plans skydive from edge of space. Reuters (2001). Last remaining copy at the Royal Society of New Zealand website.
    • Australian Ex-Commando to Conduct Record-Breaking Space Jump. Space Daily (2001).
    • Fallschirmspringer: Der Kampf um die Schallmauer. Der Spiegel (2001).
    • Outer Space Skydive Planned. Associated Press (2001). Last remaining copy at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal website.
    • The Man Who Fell to Earth. Christine Kenneally. Feed (2001).
    • Terminal Velocity. Craig Ofman. Wired. Vol. 9 No. 8 (2001).