Americans Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington, who needed switch planes in the middle of the flight.
Only the first of the brave pilots met the challenge, so became the owner of a new milestone in the history of sports aviation and extreme sports.
The challenge, transmitted around the world via the internet, requires engineering over a year to execute it. Each aviator took a 230-horsepower, three-propeller Cessna 182, lifting it to with a height of 4300 meters and put him in position free fall at an average speed of 225 kilometers per hour.
Then the two jump into space with a parachute to be able to drive into his partner’s unit, something only Aikins, 48, could achieve in an act never seen before.
Before jumping, each aviator lifted a 230-horsepower, three-propeller Cessna 182 and lifted it to 14,000 feet.
For its part, Farrington, 39, missed the other plane because, apparently, it lost direction due to gravity failure. This means he has to landfall on his own, fortunately for him without any physical consequences.
Ang the planes are specially prepared for this challenge: They have an autopilot system to stay in the required direction, a braking device to prevent over speed and a mechanism to reduce the impact of any rain on the ground.
The planes were specially prepared for this challenge, which took place in Arizona, United States
Aikins and Farrington are two American cousins who specialize in the BASE jumping discipline, which consists of jumping into the void from fixed objects (buildings, antennas, viaducts or geographical points) and safely descending using a parachute.
Derived from families of aviators, both regarded around the world as two of the “Kings of Heaven” and they put together hundreds of severe trials.
Aikins, in another unprecedented work
Aikins, aerial photographer, and former U.S. Navy trainer and former training and safety advisor to the U.S. Parachute Association, in July 2016 It was launched from an airplane flying at an altitude of 7,600 meters..
Without a parachute or “wingsuit”, an aerodynamic suit with wings that would make it easier for him to direct the fall, he landed in a net in the California desert. It is also a historic event for extreme sports.
His free fall, which lasted more than two minutes, was broadcast live on the American channel Fox. When contacted by the press, the skydiver described the experience in one word: “Fantastic.”
Aikins was only equipped with an oxygen mask, a GPS system and cameras to record the event. The landing was at a net of 30 by 30 metersreaching nearly 60 meters in height.
The American also directly participated in another historic event: he was an Austrian mentor Félix Baumgartner when he jumped from a record height of 38,969.4 meters, wrapped in a special suit with enough oxygen for 10 minutes, and broke the sound barrier in free fall, in New Mexico, southeastern United States.
With information from Telam
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Source: Clarin