When one of the planes spun out of control, Red Bull’s stunt to become aviation history’s first recorded plane exchange failed.
The date had been set for April 24, 2022, by aviation and skydiving enthusiasts. This was the long-awaited occasion for Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington, cousins and experienced skydivers and pilots, to swap planes mid-flight in Arizona.
They’re both members of the Red Bull Air Force’s aviation team.
According to Red Bull, the stunt plan was unveiled on March 16, 2022, and it took ten years to plan. The stunt was shown only on Hulu, a streaming service based in the United States.
The important phase, when Aikins and Farrington leapt out of their separate Cessna 182 planes at 12,100 feet in the air with the aircraft airbrake systems engaged, was captured and uploaded by viewers.Farrington’s blue plane was observed spiraling skyward as it spun out of control, while Aikins was able to jump onto the second plane (colored red).
“I believed I’d given Andy a decent plane when I left him.”
When I left, I was trying to think of what ellse I could have done to make things better for him,” Aikins said.
"We try our best to prepare for these things and hope they never happen." This is, in fact, the best consequence of a bad circumstance. Photographs of the plane that went out of control are available on the internet. The plane is said to have crashed, but both pilots are unharmed.
According to US media reports, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) denied a stunt and event organizers’ request for an exemption from standards governing aircraft safety on April 22, 2022.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accident of one of the planes.
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