Luke Aikins - The First Man To Take A Fall From 25000 Feet Without A Parachute Or Wingsuit

Tag : adventure, Sky Diving

 “Those who do not jump will never fly.”

There is a genuine reason people do not throw themselves out of airplanes without their artificial wings (parachute or wingsuits) because they are aware of the fact that it might not end well. But as they say “There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” Luke Aikins, professional skydiving trainer, known for taking 18000 skydiving jumps, is ready to make history with his stunt “Heaven Sent”.

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He will be jumping from an airplane at 25000 feet with nothing but clothes and do not think that somebody is going to hand him over the parachute in the middle. He would be the first man bird who would try to land safely on a 100-sq ft (9.3-sq m) net in the Southern California desert.

The 42 year old Luke Aikins is ready to set a world record for the highest jump without a wingsuit or parachute. He says in a press conference, “ Everyone is calling this my 'coming-out jump', which is ironic considering I've been skydiving since the age of 16, but nothing even comes remotely close to this. I expect Heaven Sent to change me, skydiving and the future of live spectacles forever."

After all the preparation, there is no denying the fact, that this will be the biggest challenge of Aikins' career. He would have to direct his body in freefall using only the air currents around him so as to land on his target. The goal throughout the freefall would be to keep his body lined-up directly over the target.

"In the back of mind I know that there is that risk, there's that possibility that things could go wrong and that, you know, you could do something like this and you could not see your wife and son again," says Aikins. "Is something like this worth it? I would say that 90 percent of the world would say it's not. But I would say it's also part of who I am to be the first guy to do something like this. It would leave my personal mark on skydiving history."

The Fox network will broadcast the two-minute jump live at 8pm ET (5pm PT) Saturday as part of an hour-long TV special called Heaven Sent. Fox has had almost nothing to say about the stunt other than it will be broadcast on a tape delay. So is the case with all its live broadcasts, says network spokesman Les Eisner. It would contain a warning not to try this at home. When asked why is he doing this a he has a wife and a 4 year old son to look after, he says “To me, I’m proving that we can do stuff that we don’t think we can do if we approach it the right way,”

“I’ve got 18,000 jumps with a parachute, so why not wear one this time?” he muses almost to himself. “But I’m trying to show that it can be done.” 

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