Daredevil to attempt jumping out of plane at 25,000 feet without a parachute

[JANFU]

Daredevil to attempt jumping out of plane at 25,000 feet without a parachute | Fox News

He's made 18,000 parachute jumps, helped train some of the world's most elite skydivers, done some of the stunts for "Ironman 3." But the plunge Luke Aikins knows he'll be remembered for is the one he's making without a parachute. Or a wingsuit.

Or anything, really, other than the clothes he'll be wearing when he jumps out of an airplane at 25,000 feet this weekend, attempting to become the first person to land safely on the ground in a net.

The Fox network will broadcast the two-minute jump live at 8 p.m. EDT (5 p.m. PDT) Saturday as part of an hour-long TV special called "Heaven Sent."

Tune in Sat 8 pm (5 pm PDT)- The event will broadcast with a time delay.
Not hard to figure out why.

 

[chuckiechan]

Assuming he has an oxygen supply, what's the big deal?

Either way he will land whether he hits the net or not.

 

[gdgyva]

yeah but that first step can be a real bitch some time

i wish him luck.....

:mrgreen:

 

[Chomsky]

I hope that net wasn't made in China ...

 

[Lutherf]

Saw this yesterday. The guy is an idiot but maybe they'll name the crater after him.

 

[Chomsky]

So this is what a post Roger Ailes Fox News looks like?

 

[Quag]

Saw this yesterday. The guy is an idiot but maybe they'll name the crater after him.

He wont make much of a crater more like a splat

 

[JANFU]

Assuming he has an oxygen supply, what's the big deal?

Either way he will land whether he hits the net or not.

One is a tad softer than the other.

 

[Quag]

sounds like they are going to film a Darwin award winner

 

[chuckiechan]

Saw this yesterday. The guy is an idiot but maybe they'll name the crater after him.

And charge five dollars to see it! Then you can buy the video....

 

[VanceMack]

This actually doesnt sound all that fantastic. He will be wearing enough clothing to use it as a bit of an airbrake, he has the ability to steer to the target, and he will be landing in a large net suspended 20 stories above ground that has been tested numerous times using dummies. It SOUNDS spectacular...but...

 

[PirateMk1]

He wont make much of a crater more like a splat

That or bounce.

 

[Lutherf]

That or bounce.

The story says that they tested it with dummies and one of them went right through the net.

 

[JANFU]

This actually doesnt sound all that fantastic. He will be wearing enough clothing to use it as a bit of an airbrake, he has the ability to steer to the target, and he will be landing in a large net suspended 20 stories above ground that has been tested numerous times using dummies. It SOUNDS spectacular...but...

Yep - tested dummies and 1 bounced right out of the net- adjustments made.
Now what could go wrong?

 

[Ikari]

Daredevil to attempt jumping out of plane at 25,000 feet without a parachute | Fox News



Tune in Sat 8 pm (5 pm PDT)- The event will broadcast with a time delay.
Not hard to figure out why.

Well I hope that guy enjoys dying.

 

[chuckiechan]

So this is what a post Roger Ailes Fox News looks like?

Megyn Kelly will be there to greet him in a cocktail dress if he lands on the "anti Trump" half of the net!

 

[PirateMk1]

The story says that they tested it with dummies and one of them went right through the net.

IF he hits the net his chances of survival go way up. The net whether it rips or not will slow him down enough that he might survive. I will be surprised if the maniac manages to walk away from this stunt.

 

[JANFU]

Well I hope that guy enjoys dying.

Attention to detail is critical.
Not sure if you recall this incident.
1987 Darwin Award: Where's the Shoot? Where's the Chute?

 

[Celebrity]

 

[Chomsky]

Megyn Kelly will be there to greet him in a cocktail dress if he lands on the "anti Trump" half of the net!

:lamo

 

[VanceMack]

Yep - tested dummies and 1 bounced right out of the net- adjustments made.
Now what could go wrong?

Im sure they will drop several more...7-1 success rate isnt bad. Now with what they have learned...

 

[Chomsky]

Daredevil to attempt jumping out of plane at 25,000 feet without a parachute | Fox News



Tune in Sat 8 pm (5 pm PDT)- The event will broadcast with a time delay.
Not hard to figure out why.

If God meant for us to jump out of airplanes for no good reason, he would've gave us wings!

End of story!

 

[Skeptic Bob]

I skydive. This stunt is certainly theoretically doable. His terminal velocity won't be so much that he can't survive the deceleration as long as the net has enough room and elasticity to stretch to accommodate it. Hitting his target is the tricky part. I don't know how big a landing zone we are talking about. But this guy definitely has the experience to make it work.

My guess is he will succeed but I wouldn't go and watch it. The last time I watched a stunt man he died. I was a kid back in the 80s and I was at a demolition derby at the Astrodome in Houston. A man in a barrel was going to drop from the top of the Astrodome and land in a pool of water. Obviously I thought that was badass. I was a kid. Well, the barrel hit the SIDE of the pool and broke open. He was rushed to the hospital and we later learned he died. Here is a link to that story. 35,000 Watch as Barrel Misses Water Tank : 180-Ft. Drop Ends in Stunt Man's Death - latimes

Anyway, it sort of soured my taste for watching stunts.

 

[chuckiechan]

It's like the guy who jumped from space. They shut off his microphone and popped the explosive bolts that attached him to the craft.

"Jump now, talk later".

 

[chuckiechan]

If God meant for us to jump out of airplanes for no good reason, he would've gave us wings!

End of story!

I have wings, sort of. They are made out of fat.