Pro skydiver Luke Aikins successfully completed an insane stunt on Saturday for a Fox TV special. He jumped out of a plane WITH NO PARACHUTE and fell 25,000 feet into a net the size of about one-third of a football field. (The photo above is from one of his training runs.)
The madness aired on Fox on a tape delay, but someone from the Stride Heaven Sent team Periscoped the entire jump live on the official account. It’s a terrifying 15 minutes that lead up to the two-minute free fall (around the 11-minute mark).
LIVE on #Periscope https://t.co/du4YKnEoi1
— Heaven Sent - 7/30 (@HeavenSentAPE) July 31, 2016
Moments before Aikins falls, you can hear someone explaining they were monitoring weather conditions very closely and that he was told to put the parachute on at one point, but then he was told he could take it off, so he did … which is not something anyone wants to hear before watching a man leap out of a plane. Fortunately, it all went well.
BREAKING: Luke Aikins becomes first skydiver to successfully jump without a parachute, landing in a net in California.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 31, 2016
That was nerve-wracking and ridiculous. I’m pretty sure everyone watching held their breath for those entire two minutes (I did), whether they knew it or not. Congrats to Luke.
TODAY @lukeaikins makes history. He'll jump from 25K ft w/o a parachute or wingsuit & land safely. #StrideHeavenSent pic.twitter.com/ra9T1tQK1e
— Heaven Sent - 7/30 (@HeavenSentAPE) July 30, 2016
