Lufthansa Cargo flies Felix Baumgartner’s Red Bull space capsule
Felix Baumgartner’s Red Bull “Stratos” space capsule crosses the Altantic Ocean in the belly of a Boeing 777F of AeroLogic; final destination: Salzburg, Austria
From air freight to space freight – Lufthansa Cargo flew the Red Bull “Stratos” space capsule from Los Angeles to Frankfurt last weekend. In cooperation with the Schaefer Trans Inc. forwarding company, the flying machine was moved onto a flat-bed trailer from the facility of the Sage Cheshire Aerospace manufacturer in the Californian desert to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The 1.45-tonne capsule was then reloaded on a Boeing 777F of AeroLogic, a joint venture of Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express.
Following the transatlantic flight to Frankfurt, the space capsule was reloaded onto a special flat-bed trailer and transported to Salzburg.
The capsule and the spacesuit worn by Felix Baumgartner will be displayed alongside other flying machines and sports cars in Hangar-7, Red Bull’s own aircraft museum at the Salzburg Airport.
On October 14, 2012, Austrian Felix Baumgartner ascended into the stratosphere in this space capsule with the aid of a helium balloon. From a height of 24,214 miles (38,969 metres), he free fell towards the earth at speeds of up to 843.6 mph (1,357.6 km/h), setting multiple records. Besides achieving the record for the highest altitude jump, Baumgartner was also the first person to break the sound barrier in a free fall.
In the 2012 business year, Lufthansa Cargo transported around 1.7 million tonnes of freight and mail and sold 8.7 billion freight tonne-kilometres, hence ranking among the world’s leading cargo carriers. The Company currently employs about 4,600 people, worldwide. The airline focuses on airport-to-airport business. The cargo carrier serves more than 300 destinations in some 100 countries with its own fleet of freighters, the belly capacities of passenger aircraft operated by Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines, and an extensive road feeder service network.
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