Before 3 tours in Vietnam, this fighter pilot dropped nearly 20 miles from high above

Before 3 tours in Vietnam, this fighter pilot dropped nearly 20 miles from high above

As Joe Kittinger fell more than 76,000 feet out of the sky, his parachute failed to deploy.The mishap in late 1959 caused Kittinger to spin horizontally at about 90 revolutions per minute and lose consciousness. Without his reserve chute automatically activating, the U.S. Air Force pilot was going to die.Also Read: How this Air Force spy plane traveled from coast to coast in record timeHowever spooked Kittinger was after the nearly tragic event,…