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possibly Baumgartner maintained a much higher average speed during that period than Kittinger. considering he was already freighting pretty well by the time he started to decellerate from atmospheric resistance (probably about the same alt that Kittinger began his freefall) , Kitt's overall avg speed undoubtedly started lower and never rose above X.
also from what Id read, Kitt blacked out during his decent, so was no doubt not exactly holding a good aerodynamic shape...probably more like a tumbling leaf, vs B finally getting control and maintaining a static shape
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