A USA skydiver has made a history on Saturday by becoming the first person to jump 25,000 feet without a parachute and landing safely without a scratch.
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He left a plane at 25,000 feet on his own and landed in a net- without a parachute. successfully.
Luke Aikins accomplished something over the weekend that no one else has ever done: he jumped out a plane 25,000 feet up in the air and landed in a net without a wingsuit or parachute. The skydiver said he was committed to using the net, and would never pull the parachute’s ripcord, but was more anxious about the additional weight on his back and how it would affect his landing. I mean the words I want to say I can’t even get out of my mouth.
“And we’ll show you what’s possible”, said Aikins, 42, just before taking off.
“I’m nearly levitating, it’s incredible”, the skydiver said. As he neared the net below, he was guided by Global Positioning System and lights, and flipped over onto his back just seconds before landing. The thing that just happened.
“If I wasn’t nervous I would be stupid”, he said ahead of the jump Saturday, according to The Guardian.
Mr Aikins – who has more than 18,000 jumps under his belt – fell dead centre into the 100x100ft net in Simi Valley, southern California.
He jumped with three other skydivers, each wearing parachutes. One skydiver videotaped the jump, another trailed smoke to mark Aikins’ descent and a third collected the oxygen tank Aikins needed for the first 10,000 feet of his fall.
Aikins was a self-described “member of the Red Bull Air Force, professional skydiver, BASE jumper, stuntman, pilot”.
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Aikins is also a safety and training adviser for the United States Parachute Association and is certified to teach both students and skydiving instructors.
