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On July 30, 2016, Aikins jumped from an aircraft without any parachute or wingsuit at an altitude of 25,000 feet (7,620 m) above Simi Valley, California, watched by a live audience. After about two minutes of free fall he successfully landed in a 100-by-100-foot (30 by 30 m) net.
People who have survived free fall or other falls of great height without using a parachute or similar device. Pages in category "Fall survivors" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Luke Aikins (born November 21, 1973) [1] is an American professional skydiver, BASE jumper, pilot, and aerial photographer.He is the first person to intentionally dive from mid-tropospheric altitude and land safely without a parachute or a wingsuit and the second skydiver to intentionally jump and safely land without using a parachute.
A 73-year-old man has died following a skydiving accident in Arizona. ... resulting in a hard landing without a fully deployed parachute,” Eloy police said in a press release.
If you've ever been skydiving, this is something you never want to happen -- losing your parachute while you're plunging to Earth. Terrifying video shows man's quick move after losing parachute ...
His parachute only partly opened, sending him into an uncontrolled fall. Skydiver with failed parachute slams into roof of home, California firefighters say Skip to main content
Vesna Vulović (Serbian Cyrillic: Весна Вуловић, pronounced [ʋêsna ʋûːloʋitɕ]; 3 January 1950 – 23 December 2016 [1]) was a Serbian flight attendant who survived the highest fall without a parachute: 10.16 kilometres (6.31 miles) or 33,338 feet.
A 30-year-old skydiver is injured but alive after her parachute failed to deploy, causing her to fall more than 5,000 feet to the ground. Canadian news outlet CBC first reported the incident ...