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You may have noticed our friend Col. Joe Kittinger popping up on your TV screens a lot this week. As we first revealed earlier this year, Joe is advising Felix Baumgartner as Felix attempts to break Joe's 50-year-old record.

Joe Kittinger has kept a secret for nearly two years but now it can be revealed. What does this 81-year-old American hero have to do with the most dangerous, most exciting record attempt in 50 years? Everything.

Col. Joe Kittinger is well-known for his legendary leaps forward in aviation. But there was a chapter left out of his amazing ballooning career. For several years, Kittinger was Michael Jackson's private pilot.