Vince Reffet and Fred Fugen, members of the French BASE jumping team Soul Flyers, set a new world record after taking a dive off the top of the world's tallest building: Dubai's Burj Khalifa.

Vince Reffet and Fred Fugen, professional BASE jumpers, performed two base jumps from the top of the 828-meter Burj Khalifa AlArabiya Cancel ...

Burj, an Arabic word that means "tower," was named after Sheikh Khalifa, president of the United Arab Emirates. It took six years and $1.5 billion to build, opening five years ago.

News; Weird News; Base jumping; Video: Watch daredevil duo base jump from tallest building Burj Khalifa for world record Armed with a parachute, the pair jumped from the 829.8m high Burj Khalifa ...

On January 5 2010, Emirati Nasr Al Niyadi and his skydiving trainer Omar Al Hegelan set a new world record for base jumping after parachuting from the top of the Burj Khalifa. The developer of the ...

From the base of the building to the very top—which includes a spire and antenna—the Burj Khalifa is 2,722 feet, or a little ...

So what’s on the 163rd floor of the Burj Khalifa? The top floors, inaccessible to the public, are used for mechanical operations, according to Dream Civil. Just Curious for more?

At The Top Sky opened to the public in October and is situated up on the 148th floor of the building. The Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai is already the tallest building in the world.

From the base of the building to the very top—which includes a spire and antenna—the Burj Khalifa is 2,722 feet, or a little over a half of a mile. Still, this wasn’t always the case.