LONDON ¨C American skydiver Luke Aikins will leap out of a plane at 25,000 feet (7,6000 meters) without a parachute and attempt to land safely in the California desert in a live television broadcast titled ¡°Heaven Sent.¡±
The married 42-year-old third-generation skydiver, who has made about 18,000 jumps in his 25-year career, will leap on July 30 and land on his back on a device that organizers would only describe as a ¡°slide.¡±
¡°I¡¯m going to do something that¡¯s definitely out there and most people in the world will think is crazy,¡± Aikins said on Monday.
Aikins, who claims it will be a world record for jumping without a parachute, previously worked with Felix Baumgartner on the Austrian daredevil¡¯s 2012 record sky dive, which started 24 miles (38 km) above earth.
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