Daredevil skydiver jumps from 25000 feet above the earth without parachute

Skydiving is not a sport for the faint hearted, but Luke Aikins not only jump out of an aeroplane, he did so without any parachute to break his fall. Aikins,42 created a record for surviving the highest free fall- 25,000 feet (7,620 meters). The jump aptly dubbed “Heaven Sent Jump” was shown on live TV.

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Luke Aikins, 42, who has 18,000 jumps under his belt, completed the jump in Simi Valley, landing in a net measuring 100 feet by 100 feet (30 metres by 30 metres) in a feat broadcast on Fox.
“Aikins’ leap represents the culmination of a 26-year career that will set a personal and world record for the highest jump without a parachute or wing suit,” his spokesman Justin Aclin said in an email.

Lights were set along the side of the net to serve as a guide for Aikens to aim himself as he hurtled toward it.

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous,” Aikens told an interviewer on the broadcast, before boarding a propeller plane to perform the jump.