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Luke Aikins, a professional skydiver is about to risk his own life. Aikins' won't have any kind of parachute. Now, its very hard to land straight on a moving plane. To make sure of Aikins' lands safely, he puts PAPI lights. PAPI lights stands for precision approach path indicator light. PAPI help navigate the pilot if it is going a straight line. White lights means its safe for the ideal angle, and red means going at dangerous.
Aikins' dropped 25,000 feet from a airplane. There was two nets, one for just landing one. The extra net is for just in case if the first net breaks. He was using a drag to land on the first net. A drag is when you slow down in order to land in the net. Aikins lands on the first net and makes a huge dent in it. The

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