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Watch: Skydiving Without a Parachute from a Balloon!

Not the first time skydiving without a parachute has been done but still a sight to see!

And there was this…nothing but net!

Millions of people across the globe held their breath as American skydiver Luke Aikins jumped out of a plane to fall into a net 25,000 feet (7,620 m) below. The daring stunt is now in the history books as the first complete jump without a parachute.

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Not the first time skydiving without a parachute has been done but still a sight to see!

And there was this…nothing but net!

Millions of people across the globe held their breath as American skydiver Luke Aikins jumped out of a plane to fall into a net 25,000 feet (7,620 m) below. The daring stunt is now in the history books as the first complete jump without a parachute.

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