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| The hardest part of Luke Aikins’s jump was staying on target as the wind changes all the time at different altitudes (video below) |
August 1, 2016, NewsCrunch
A US skydiver Luke Aikins jumped from 25,000 feet aboveCalifornia 's Simi Valley without a parachute on Saturday.
He landed safely in a two-tiered 100 feet x 100 feet net that had been set up to catch him.
Though falling at 120 mph he was bang on target in the dive that had been labelled Heaven Sent.
A US skydiver Luke Aikins jumped from 25,000 feet above
He landed safely in a two-tiered 100 feet x 100 feet net that had been set up to catch him.
Though falling at 120 mph he was bang on target in the dive that had been labelled Heaven Sent.
The full video shows him diving with his team, who set him off on the target. Seconds before he was to reach the safety net, he rolled onto his back to land in the right position.
The footage includes visuals taken from his own possibly Go Pro camera.
The 42-year-old, who is married and has a 4-year-old son, is a seasoned skydiver.
The hardest part of the jump was staying on target as the wind changes all the time at different altitudes.
The footage includes visuals taken from his own possibly Go Pro camera.
The 42-year-old, who is married and has a 4-year-old son, is a seasoned skydiver.
The hardest part of the jump was staying on target as the wind changes all the time at different altitudes.
During practice jumps, he had been consistently been hitting a much smaller target though with parachute and that gave him confidence to make the leap.