Add Luke Aikins to the list of people attempting highly dangerous stunts live in front of millions of television viewers in search of infamy.

On Saturday, Aikins will jump out of an airplane at 25,000 feet without a wingsuit or parachute. The event will be part of a 60-minute special televised by FOX, allowing millions to see Aikins take his chances falling into a net below.

According to Aikins, he and his team will jump out of a plane and eventually land in a net that is roughly the size of one-third of a football field.

So far, testing this strategy has not gone so well. However, Jimmy Smith, a public relations person behind the event, has confidence in Aikins.

The landing target, which has been described as similar to a fishing trawler net, has been tested repeatedly using dummies.

One of those 200-pound dummies didn’t bounce out. It crashed right through.

“That was not a good thing to see,” recalled [Smith].

Chris Talley, who had worked with Aikins on other projects and helped train him for this one, proposed the parachute-free idea to Smith, creative director for Amusement Park Entertainment, telling him Aikins was arguably the only guy who was not only good enough but also smart enough and careful enough to survive such a feat.

With all of the details, it’s hard to tell if Aikins is doing something amazing or incredibly stupid. Either way, there will be plenty of people tuning into find out.

[For The Win]

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