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Why jump from 7.6km high without a parachute?
Skydiver Luke Aikins has made over 18,000 parachute jumps but this weekend he took an extra leap - and also created a new world record - by not using a parachute. On the ground, in the desert in California, his team were waiting for him with a net. He's been telling Newsday's Julian Keane why he did this.
(Photo: Luke Aikins landing on a net in California on 30th July 2016. Credit: Mark Davis/Getty Images for Stride Gum)
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