http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Dictionary/kittinger/DI29.htm

The Life of Joseph Kittinger – I know, this probably should have gone in my links log, but I think this guy just did too much for his country to not get the front page every now and then. He holds the record for the world’s highest balloon jump, from 102,800 feet (almost 18.5 miles high), was awarded congressional medals and honors, served 3 tours in Vietnam, and broke the record for the longest balloon flight in 1983 by throwing everything in the balloon overboard—when he landed he was only in his skivvies. Now that’s service to the great U.S. of A.