Flying across the Channel

Do you have any idea what BASE jumping .........?
signifies
means
says
tells

Apparently it is an ......... where the letters in the word are the first letters of a group of words.
abbreviation
addition
anomaly
acronym

In other words the letters ......... building, antennae, span and earth, all of which you can jump from.
stand up
stand in
stand for
stand by

Felix Baumgartner recently basejumped out of a plane 9,000 metres ......... Dover, a port on the south coast of England.
up
above
higher
at

He intended to ......... across the channel with a parachute and land on the coast of France near Calais.
fly
flee
flew
flow

He started very early in the morning so that he was able to ......... commercial flights.
evict
avoid
eject
abject

During the flight his supporters ......... that he will have reached 200 kmh.
attain
argue
claim
dispute

The fact remains that he ......... and managed with the help of oxygen supplies to complete the crossing in ten minutes.
lived
continued
achieved
survived

He created a new ......... and joins Louis Bleriot, the first to fly across the channel in 37 minutes and Matthew Webb, the first to swim across in 22 hours.
record
recorder
recording
records

These are amazing achievements but if like me you want comfort, warmth and food on the journey, take the ferry crossing ......... 90 minutes.
during
lasting
duration
while