He’s a skydiver working with a net - but no parachute

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Watch a man potentially die on live tv!




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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 Saturday as part of an hour-long TV special called "Heaven Sent."


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Nearby, a pair of huge cranes defines the boundaries where the net in which Aikins expects to land is being erected. It will be about one-third the size of a football field and 20 stories high, providing enough space to cushion his fall, he says, without allowing him to bounce out of it. The landing target, which has been described as similar to a fishing trawler net, has been tested repeatedly using dummies.
One of those 200-pound dummies didn't bounce out. It crashed right through.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2016/07/29/skydiver-net-no-parachute/87706334/
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Germans.
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http://texags.com/forums/12/topics/2766749
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aggiepublius
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It's alright Swarely - the other thread devolved into song titles and gifs.
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Change of plans. He'll wear a chute.
Phat32
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Change of plans. He'll wear a chute.
What'd they say? Some union forced him to?
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quote:
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Change of plans. He'll wear a chute.
What'd they say? Some union forced him to?


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Screen Actors Guild
Agasaurus Tex
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Dumbass gonna go splat.
Phat32
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Screen Actors Guild
Wtf do they have to do with anything?
videoag98
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Effin unions always mess everything up.
BaitShack
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Last minute change. NO chute.
Eugene4x
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No chute required now!!
nai06
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Does the parachute really matter? He likely wouldn't use it either way
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He never had the chute on in the plane shot it's all made up
chipotle
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He made it
BaitShack
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He made it.
BaitShack
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He kinda hit the edge of the net.
LPHA
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Holy ****
LPHA
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No more than 20 feet from the edge
cz308
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Guy is an idiot.
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Cut it a little bit close there.
BaitShack
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This guy did it in 1943 with no parachute or net.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Magee

Alan Eugene Magee (13 January 1919 20 December 2003) was anAmerican airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. He was featured in Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.
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He nearly dug a grave for himself. Wonder if he's stupid enough to do it again?
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The Collective
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That's pretty damn accurate - all things considered.
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Nothing but net.
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I hope he wore brown pants
Swarely
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For those that missed it

Sea Gull
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That's badass
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Where'd he find a suit big enough for his balls?
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