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Parachutist to Jump From 25,000 feet (7600 m) Without a Parachute/Wingsuit

posted by martyb on Friday July 29 2016, @03:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the aiming-for-a-record dept.

fleg writes:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/28/skydiver-luke-aikins-jump-without-parachute-live-tv

"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 [7600 m] this weekend, attempting to become the first person to land safely on the ground in a net."

[...] "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," he answers.

"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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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday July 29 2016, @03:41PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 29 2016, @03:41PM (#381564) Journal

    WHOOOSH!

    Air delivery Darwin Award. Cool!

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  • (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Friday July 29 2016, @03:43PM

    by dyingtolive (952) on Friday July 29 2016, @03:43PM (#381566)

    I imagine it'll be a short trip. Too bad he didn't wait until Fall to do it.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @04:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @04:13PM (#381588)

    Followed by "THUD".

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Dunbal on Friday July 29 2016, @04:30PM

    by Dunbal (3515) on Friday July 29 2016, @04:30PM (#381594)

    Just one gust of wind away.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 30 2016, @01:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 30 2016, @01:50AM (#381835)

    He's going to make a large impact in his field.