RED BULL PLANE SWAP
Live Aerial Stunt on Hulu - Honda x Red Bull
Editor - Marketing
Edited 5 promotional pieces for Honda’s channels in partnership with Red Bull’s Plane Swap event that was broadcast live on Hulu in April 2022. The stunt involved professional skydivers Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington who attempted to swap planes mid-air before landing them safely.
Get to know Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington, the fearless pilots—and cousins—who will attempt the Plane Swap world’s-first feat on April 24. They have two lifetimes of aviation experience between them, and they’re determined to accomplish a physics-defying feat unlike any the world has seen. They’re preparing for the big day with help from the Honda Ridgeline and Passport.
The Plane Swap feat will feature two pilots diving out of their planes, then back into each other’s. It will take absolute precision, as well as sophisticated autopilot technology. Watch the team fine-tune the operation with help from the Honda Ridgeline. The stakes are high, but pilots Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington are determined to succeed.
It takes guts to jump into a falling plane. It also takes determination. Pilots Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington discuss the unique challenge of maneuvering into the plane’s door in midair, the propeller spinning mere feet away. With their combined talents and help from their Honda vehicles, Aikins and Farrington will attempt the sky-high feat
Two pilots have just jumped from their planes, which fall unmanned toward the ground. To get back inside, the pilots need the planes to fall at the same speed they do: 125 mph. Meet the team working to accomplish this amazing feat of determination using a custom innovation called the speed brake—and an assist from the Honda Passport.
What drove pilots Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington to attempt the physics-defying Plane Swap feat? They were determined to do something no one had ever accomplished before—to truly make history. Behind the wheel of their Honda Passport, they spent months in crunch-time preparation for the challenge.