An Austrian daredevil last night called off his death-defying skydive from a balloon 23 miles over the New Mexico desert
Felix Baumgartner, a 43-year-old helicopter pilot, hot-air balloonist and professional skydiver, blamed high winds at the launch site as he delayed preparing to break a long-standing altitude record.
His team said the launch had been aborted moments before Mr Baumgartner's balloon was set to carry him aloft over Roswell.
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