Posted on 04/20/2022 2:38:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The pilots will attempt to skydive into each other's planes live on Sunday. All eyes will be up to the skies above California on Sunday as two cousins dare to accomplish a never-before-seen air stunt.
Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington -- longtime pilots, skydivers and members of the Red Bull Air Force aviation crew -- will attempt the first "plane swap," where they will fly their planes close together, put them into a nosedive and then skydive into each other's aircraft before making a safe landing.
Aikins said in a statement he was inspired to do the stunt 22 years ago after seeing a photo in an aviation magazine and has spent a long time preparing for this moment.
It’s the pinnacle of my career, and my goal is to inspire the world and show that anything is possible. You can set your mind on something that at times seems wild, crazy and unattainable, but through ambition and creativity, you can make it happen,” he said.
Pilots preform a test dive during training on March 6, 2022, in San Luis Obispo, Calif., in...Read More The stunt, which will be livestreamed on Hulu on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET., includes multiple parts that have been planned out between Aikins, Farrington and their team of engineers.
The pair will take off in their own Cessna 182 single-seat aircrafts and fly to an elevation of 14,000 feet.
They will then pitch their planes into a synchronized nosedive, stop the engines and use a custom airbrake that will hold the planes in a controlled descent as they exit their own aircraft.
Aikins and Farrington will freefly skydive toward each other’s planes, catch up to the aircrafts, enter the cockpits, disengage the airbrake systems, restart the engines and take control of the planes.
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Hold muh beer . . .
Skydivers have jumped from one plane and “flown” into a second.
Here is a guy jumping into a plane... Name is Bond.
https://youtu.be/6QGdqdZes_0?t=152
In days of old when dragons were bold...
That was my first thought. Their mothers must be terrified. Are they married? Double the terror.
I’ve got a son who joined his school’s skydiving club to meet girls!! (The club had more girls than guys!)
Lot more grey hairs here cuz of it.
Looks like it failed.
One of the planes crashed. The cousins were uninjured.
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