Luke Aikins is an American professional stuntman, sky diver, and one of the prominent members of the Red Bull Air Force - an elite team of skydivers, BASE jumpers and paraglider pilots who explore and advocate the possibilities of human flight.

^[17]In 2012, he was one of the eminent figures who helped sky diver, Felix Baumgartner, jump from a hot air balloon in the Stratosphere of 120,000ft.

Luke is also an expert photographer.

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Skydiving

Aikins started skydiving at the age of 12.

He was born into a family dynasty of BASE jumpers and sky divers, and is a consultant for sky diving products, parachute configuration, and an innovator in pivotal optimal flight postures.

He has coached an array of people from different backgrounds, including the United States Navy Seals to NASCAR drivers.

He is also a safety and training advisor for the United States Parachute Association.

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He has conducted test jumps from as high as 28,000 ft, and has done more than 18,000 jumps.

^[2]He has been sky diving since he was 12 years old.

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No Parachute

On July 30th, 2016, Luke broke a sky diving record when he jumped off from a plane 25,000 ft in the air at the Big Sky movie ranch in Simi Valley, California without a parachute as part of the Stride Gum Presents Heaven Sent stunt.

^[0]The requirement to wear a parachute by the Screen Actors Guild was lifted moments before the jump, a relief since the parachute would complicate the landing into the 100ft x 100ft net landing.

^[6]Luke trained in his aerial posture up to the last second when he must flip onto his back as he arrives second before in order to roll into the net safely - he succeeded.

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For the first 10,000 ft he used an oxygen tank, and once disposed, it would be collected by one of the accompanying sky divers.

^[1]The jump was a success and Luke had this to say: "This thing just happened!

I can't even get the words out of my mouth".

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The jump had been planned for two years and it almost never happened.

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