Moment daredevil skydiver Luke Aikins becomes the first man to jump 25,000ft from a plane and land safely WITHOUT a parachute
Luke Aikins jumped 25,000ft from a plane in Simi Valley, California, in the Stride Gum Presents Heaven Sent stunt
The skydiver, 42, whose family own Skydive Kapowsin near Tacoma, Washington, has done more than 18,000 jumps and featured in stunts in Ironman 3
His four-year-old son Logan and his skydiving wife Monica both watched his record-breaking jump which lasted two minutes and he embraced them after he landed
The stunt was broadcast on live TV and Aikins feared he may have had to wear a chute even if he wasn’t to open it as the Screen Actors Guild told him it was a requirement
However a few minutes before the jump one of the show’s hosts said the requirement had been lifted
After the jump he said on Facebook ‘my vision was always proper preparation and that if you train right you can make anything happen’
CLEMENCE MICHALLON
DAILYMAIL.COM
31 July 2016
An American skydiver has become the first to jump 25,000 feet from a plane without a parachute and land in a net.
Luke Aikins, 42, completed the record-breaking Stride Gum Presents Heaven Sent stunt at the Big Sky movie ranch in Simi Valley, California, which was broadcast live on the Fox network on Saturday evening.
He hit the 100-by-100-foot net perfectly, quickly climbed out of it and walked over to hug his our-year-old son Logan and wife Monica who had been watching with other family members.
‘I’m almost levitating, it’s incredible,’ the jubilant skydiver said, raising his hands over his head as his wife held their son, who dozed in her arms.
‘This thing just happened! I can’t even get the words out of my mouth,’ he added as he thanked the dozens of crew members who spent two years helping him prepare for the jump, including those who assembled the fishing trawler-like net and made sure it really worked.
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