Two cousins are trying to accomplish a never-before-seen air stunt

All eyes will be up to the skies above California on Sunday as two cousins dare to accomplish a never-before-seen air stunt.

Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington — longtime pilots, skydivers and members of the Red Bull Air Force aviation crew — will attempt the first “plane swap,” where they will fly their planes close together, put them into a nosedive and then skydive into each other’s aircraft before making a safe landing.

The pair will take off in their own Cessna 182 single-seat aircrafts and fly to an elevation of 14,000 feet. They will then pitch their planes into a synchronized nosedive, stop the engines and use a custom airbrake that will hold the planes in a controlled descent as they exit their own aircraft. Aikins and Farrington will free fly skydive toward each other’s planes, catch up to the aircrafts, enter the cockpits, disengage the airbrake systems, restart the engines and take control of the planes.

The stunt will be livestreamed on Hulu on Sunday at 6PM CST

Susan Saunders 4/21/22