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A well-known computer scientist, he fell faster than the speed of sound and broke Baumgartner's world altitude record set just two years ago by jumping from 135,000 feet. Alan Eustace, 57, a senior vice president at Google, during his record breaking leap from 135,000 feet.
If a human were to jump from 100 feet about ground level, it would take about 2.5 seconds before they hit the ground. (See the Free Fall Research Page Speed-Time table for details. In that 2.5 seconds, an aircraft traveling at 140 miles per hour would cover about 200 feet.