Plane Swap 2022

[Hamster]

It already took place in the early hours of this morning. You can rewatch the stream here:

Main event

Skydivers Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington will attempt to switch planes as they dive towards the ground.

www.redbull.com

 

[Hamster]

WATCH: ‘Plane swap’ stunt goes terribly wrong

A spectacular attempt by two pilots to ‘swap planes’ mid flight has gone disastrously wrong, with one of the planes spiralling out of control before crashing.

www.perthnow.com.au

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

maybe they should have had a backup remote pilot to prevent this from going wrong,
as when the pilot jumped out, the CG probably shifted, causing it to flip.

 

[Hamster]

maybe they should have had a backup remote pilot to prevent this from going wrong,

That's not great television.

 

[Hamster]

El crash

https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/ubdjsl

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

That's not great television.

no of course it isn't, but even trapeze artists have safety nets,
and its all a theater to show how dangerous it is, when it actually isn't.

even that dude who jumped from space, had safety systems, many not publicized should something go wrong,

 

[Hamster]

no of course it isn't, but even trapeze artists have safety nets,
and its all a theater to show how dangerous it is, when it actually isn't.

even that dude who jumped from space, had safety systems, many not publicized should something go wrong,

Ok but they both had parachutes and survived. You're talking about the safety of the plane/trapeze.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Ok but they both had parachutes and survived. You're talking about the safety of the plane/trapeze.

yes the people survived, but that was never in any doubt,
the Airplanes should have had a remote pilot/ballast, to account for a shift in CG when the Pilots bailed out,
custom air-brake wasn't nearly enough.

I mean a sudden shift in CG has brought down many a Airplane, that's primarily why Cargo Planes spend so much time strapping things down,
so again, there is so much you DONT see, and that's what makes the insurance/production safer, and not as risky.

so Trapeze has a Net, from the ground you barely see it,
any Acrobatics show has hidden wires controlled off stage so you dont see it,

same here, I think they didn't calculate everything properly, or had a backup in place,
and that's why it went wrong, back to the drawing board, as its clearly possible with one plane.

French Daredevils Leap Off a Perfectly Good Mountain into a Moving Airplane

James Bond once did it without a wingsuit. But these guys did it for real.

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Hamster]

Luke Aikins, the lead pilot, admitted in a post on his Instagram that he disregarded a denial from the Federal Aviation Administration two days before Sunday’s mid-air crash.

“I made the personal decision to move forward with (the) plane swap. I regret not sharing this information with my team and those who supported me,” Aikins wrote.

Pilot in botched Arizona Red Bull plane stunt apologizes

ELOY, Ariz. (AP) — The pilot in charge during a forbidden Red Bull plane-swapping stunt said Friday he takes full responsibility for the ensuing crash over the Arizona desert.

apnews.com

 

[Hamster]

Quite a thing to like just ignore the FAA who banned your stunt.