This Sunday, 2 Daredevil cousins are going to attempt something INSANE and never done before!!! Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington longtime pilots, skydivers, and members of the Red Bull Air Force aviation crew, will attempt the first ever "plane swap"! They are going to 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,” said Aikins.
This is how the stunt will go down... 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. Then Aikins and Farrington will free fly 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.
You can catch this on Hulu at 7pm ET!
Watch this crazy video of Luke Aikins jumping out of an airplane from 25,000 feet with no parachute!