The parachutist jumped from the plane. Is it possible to jump from a plane without a parachute? As you can see his landing was successful

Today, American skydiver Luke Aikins jumped out of a plane from a height of 7.6 kilometers. He did not take his parachute with him. But after a couple of minutes, his friends and relatives were crying with joy and hugging Luke, rather than shedding tears over the cake from his body. Relive this incredible jump with the athlete once again.

Now let's tell you what was behind this crazy trick.

Luke Aikins was born into a family of base jumpers and skydivers, so he started skydiving as early as adolescence. By today, 42 years old, he has completed about 18,000 jumps (on 30 occasions he had to open a reserve parachute), trained several world-famous skydivers, prepared stunts for Iron Man 3 and acted as a consultant.

When Luke was first asked to perform this stunt, he refused. The extreme sportsman was frightened by the prospect of leaving his wife and son without the head of the family. However, about two weeks later he woke up in the middle of the night and was determined to make the jump.

Luke Aikens before the jump: “This is a calculated risk, we double-checked everything many times, I have science behind me. Science and mathematics are with me. We will show what is really possible."

The jump was prepared for about two years by several dozen people, including engineers, technicians and hundreds of dummies dropped from the sky.

Aikins jumped from a single-engine plane. Thanks to its low horizontal speed, it was possible to accurately determine the point at which the athlete needed to leave the board.

In the first phase of Aikins' flight, he was accompanied by three paratroopers who filmed the jump, carried a supply of oxygen with them, and would probably have saved the extreme sportsman if he had been blown off the trajectory. In the footage, you can see Aikins giving one of them an oxygen mask at an altitude of 4.5 kilometers.

The dimensions of the landing net are 30 x 30 meters. It was suspended at a height of 20 floors. Under and around her there was only earth and sand. The technicians used fasteners that released the tension on the net the moment the athlete touched it.

So that Aikins could see the landing point during the flight, 4 highly directional lamps were installed on the sides of the reticle. When Luke was on the correct trajectory, he saw a white light from them. If he saw a red light, it means the trajectory is wrong and needs to be corrected urgently.

The skydiver had to turn over on his back a second before landing. If he had landed on his stomach, he would have been almost guaranteed to suffer severe injuries. If I had turned over ahead of time, I would have lost sight of the net and most likely missed. It was this pre-landing roll that Aikins rehearsed several times during the flight.

Luke Aikins after landing: “It was like I was levitating like a saint or a monk. This is incredible, wonderful. I can't put it all into words. Thanks to the guys who helped me. This is amazing!

A Soviet pilot making a reconnaissance flight into enemy territory during his return noticed a column of German armored vehicles moving towards Moscow.
It turned out that there were no barrier detachments or anti-tank weapons in the path of enemy tanks. It was decided to drop troops in front of the column. A fresh regiment of Siberians was brought to the nearest airfield.
They built it and asked volunteers to jump from a plane into the snow and stop the enemy.
Moreover, they immediately warned that they would have to jump without parachutes, from a low level flight right in front of the column. It was not an order, but a request, but everyone took a step forward.

Next, we quote lines from Yuri Sergeev’s novel “Prince’s Island”: “The German column quickly rushed along the snow-covered highway.
Suddenly, low-flying Russian planes appeared ahead, as if they were about to land, they lay over the snowdrifts, having slowed to the limit, ten to twenty meters from the surface of the snow, and suddenly people fell in clusters onto a snow-covered field next to the road.
They tumbled in the snowy whirlwinds, followed by more and more soldiers in white sheepskin coats, and it seemed to the enemy, gripped by panic, that there would be no end to this white tornado, this white heavenly river of Russians falling into the snow next to the tanks behind the ditch, rising alive and immediately rushing under the tracks with bunches of grenades... They walked like white ghosts, pouring machine guns on the infantry in the vehicles, shots from anti-tank rifles burned through the armor, several were already burning.

The Russians were not visible in the snow, they seemed to grow out of the ground itself: fearless, furious and holy in their retribution, unstoppable by any weapon. The battle raged and raged on the highway. The Germans killed almost everyone and were already rejoicing in victory when they saw a new column of tanks and motorized infantry catching up with them, when again a wave of planes crawled out of the forest and a white waterfall of fresh soldiers poured out of them, hitting the enemy while still falling...
The German columns were destroyed, only a few armored cars and cars escaped from this hell and rushed back, carrying mortal horror and mystical fear of the fearlessness, will and spirit of the Russian soldier. It later turned out that only twelve percent of the landing party died when they fell into the snow.
The rest accepted an unequal battle.

Jumping out of a plane without a parachute sounds like the stuff of a comedy cartoon, but it actually happened. 42-year-old Luke Aikins became the first skydiver in history to not only intentionally jump out of a plane without a parachute, but also to survive. If you think that an experienced skydiver is not afraid to jump without a parachute, then you are mistaken; Luke was very afraid. What can I say, it’s scary even just to look at it.

Luke Aikins jumped out of the plane with other skydivers from an altitude of 25,000 feet (7,620 m). After two minutes of free fall, other skydivers opened their parachutes, leaving the daredevil alone with thoughts of landing

Luke jumped out along with the other three skydivers who had parachutes.

Luke is a highly experienced skydiver who has completed over 18,000 skydives and was involved in filming stunts for the film " iron Man 3".

Luke had to land in a 30 x 30 m net installed at the Big Sky Ranch in California

Luke's mom was the only member of his family who said she wouldn't watch her son during the jump.

As you can see his landing was successful

"I'm going to fly all the way to the net, but that's not the issue. It's that I have to deal with the parachute on my back and what it can do to my body," Luke said.

Just a few minutes before the jump, the show organizer learned that this requirement had been canceled and Luke immediately jumped out of the plane without a parachute.

Luke Eiknes is lying on the net, and his brain is trying in every way to understand what just happened.

After Luke came to his senses he was overjoyed.

If after this jump Luke's motto becomes "never again," then we'll understand.

Where to aim? Magee crashed onto the stone floor of the station, but his fall was slowed when he crashed through the glass roof a moment earlier. It's painful, but it's life-saving. A haystack will also do. Some lucky ones survived after falling into dense bushes. The thicket of the forest is also not bad, although you can run into some branches. Snow? Just perfect. Swamp? A soft, vegetated bog is the most desirable option. Hamilton talks about a time when a skydiver with a parachute that didn't open landed directly on high voltage wires. The wires springed and threw him up, saving his life. The most dangerous surface is water. Like concrete, it is practically incompressible. The result of falling on the ocean surface will be approximately the same as on the sidewalk. The only difference is that asphalt - alas! — will not open up beneath you to swallow your broken body forever.

Without losing sight of your intended goal, take care of your body position. To reduce the speed of your fall, act like a skydiver during a skydive. Spread your legs and arms wider, throw your head back higher, straighten your shoulders, and you will naturally turn your chest towards the ground. Your drag will immediately increase, and there will be room for maneuver. The main thing is not to relax. In your, frankly, difficult situation, the question of how to prepare for a meeting with the earth, unfortunately, remains not fully resolved. The journal War Medicine published an article on this topic in 1942. It said: “Load distribution and load compensation play an important role in trying to avoid injury.” Hence the recommendation - you need to fall flat. On the other hand, a 1963 report published Federal agency Aviation (FAA), claims that the optimal grouping for preserving life will be the classic grouping adopted among skydivers: legs together, knees higher, shins pressed to the hips. The same source notes that survival in a disaster is greatly facilitated by training in sports such as wrestling or acrobatics. When falling on hard surfaces, it would be especially useful to have some martial arts skills.

Japanese skydiver Yasuhiro Kubo trains like this: he throws his parachute out of the plane and then jumps out himself. Delaying the process to the limit, he catches up with his equipment, puts it on and then pulls the ring. In 2000, Kubo jumped out at an altitude of 3 km and spent 50 seconds in free fall until he caught up with the backpack with his parachute. All these useful skills can be practiced in a safer environment, for example, in free-fall simulators - vertical wind tunnels. However, the simulators will not allow you to work out the most important stage - meeting the ground.

If there is a water surface waiting for you below, get ready for quick and decisive action. Based on the surviving fans of jumping from high bridges, we can conclude that the optimal way would be to enter the water “soldier-first,” that is, feet first. Then you will have at least some chance of getting to the surface alive.

On the other hand, the famous cliff divers who hone their skills near Acapulco believe that it is better to enter the water head first. At the same time, they put their hands with clasped fingers in front of their head, protecting it from blows. You can choose any of these positions, but try to maintain the parachute position until the very last second. Then, just above the water, if you prefer to dive like a soldier, we strongly recommend that you tense your buttocks with all your might. It would not be very decent to explain why, but you can probably guess for yourself.

Whatever surface awaits you below, under no circumstances land on your head. Researchers from the Security Institute traffic came to the conclusion that in such situations the main cause of death is traumatic brain injury. If you are still carried head first, it is better to land on your face. It's safer than hitting the back of the head or top part skulls

07:02:19 Altitude 300 meters

If, after falling out of the plane, you started reading this article, then by now you have reached just these lines. Beginner course you already have, and now it's time to pull yourself together and focus on the task at hand. However, here is some additional information.

Statistics show that in the event of a disaster, it is more profitable to be a member of the crew or a child, and if there is a choice, it is better to crash on a military aircraft. Over the past 40 years, there have been at least 12 plane crashes with only one survivor. On this list, four were crew members and seven were passengers under the age of 18. Among the survivors is Mohammed el-Fateh Osman, a two-year-old child who survived the Boeing crash in Sudan in 2003 by landing in the wreckage. Last June, when a Yemenia Airways jet crashed near the Comoros Islands, 14-year-old Bahia Bakari was the only survivor.

The survival of crew members can be associated with more reliable passive safety systems, but it is not yet clear why children are more likely to survive. FAA research notes that children, especially those under four years of age, have more flexible bones, more relaxed muscles, and more high percent subcutaneous fat, effectively protecting internal organs. People vertically challenged- if their head does not protrude from the backs of the airplane seats - they are well protected from flying debris. With a small body weight, the steady-state fall speed will be lower, and a smaller frontal cross-section reduces the chance of running into some sharp object when landing.

07:02:25 Height 0 meters

So, here we are. Hit. Are you still alive? And what are your actions? If you escaped with minor injuries, you can get up and light a cigarette, as did the Briton Nicholas Alkemade, the rear gunner of the tail machine gun, who in 1944, after falling from a height of six kilometers, landed in a snow-covered thicket. If no jokes, then a lot of trouble awaits you ahead.

Let us remember the case of Juliana Kopke. On Christmas Eve in 1971, she was flying on a Lockheed Electra. The airliner exploded somewhere over the Amazon. The 17-year-old German woman woke up the next morning under the jungle canopy. She was strapped into her seat and there were piles of Christmas presents lying around. Wounded and completely alone, she forced herself not to think about her dead mother. Instead, she focused on her biologist father's advice: "If you're lost in the jungle, you'll find your way out by following the flow of water." Kopke walked along forest streams, which gradually merged into rivers. She walked around the crocodiles and pounded the shallow water with a stick to scare away the stingrays. Somewhere, she tripped, she lost a shoe, and all she had left was a torn miniskirt. The only food she had with her was a bag of sweets, and she had to drink dark, dirty water. She ignored the broken collarbone and the inflamed open wounds.