Footage that shows two pilots turning their helicopter upside down and let the helicopter fall towards the ground is going viral on the Internet, leaving people horrified.
Red Bull pilots, Aaron Fitzgerald, and Chris Bachman, showed off their aerial acrobatic skills by performing a backflip at the Central Iowa Airshow.
Watch the pilots performing the dangerous stunt
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The two pilots, Aaron Fitzgerald, and Chris Bachman, turned their helicopter upside down and let the helicopter fall towards the ground in a spine-chilling stunt.
Another pilot, Wayne Ivarson, filmed the scary moment from a chopper. The pilots were practicing the stunt at the Central Iowa Airshow.
The Central Iowa Airshow is hosted at the Ankeny Regional Airport every August and displays spine-chilling performances.
The video shows the pilots turning the helicopter with the Red Bull logo upside down to perform a backflip and letting it fall towards the ground.
The pilots then pulled it back a few seconds before it touched the ground.
Mr. Ivarson, who filmed the scary footage, said: “Any type of aerobatics performed with a helicopter takes a very high skilled pilot.”
The spine-chilling footage of the stunt was posted online and it instantly went viral. People were left horrified and the video received thousands of likes and comments.
One user wrote: ‘Not only mesmerizing to watch but unbelievable to witness the aerobatic maneuvers Fitzgerald pulled off!’
Another user said: ‘No words just amazing great pilot with BALLS bigger then the statue of liberty anyone who flies helicopters can understand what I mean’.
The third one wrote: ‘What a very cool background to showcase some amazing flying and an amazing helicopter. Nice job Red Bull’.
One user said: ‘One of the best-produced videos I’ve seen for ages’ while another added: ‘Red bull only sponsors complete and utter lunatics!!! What a boring world it would be without them though!’
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