WATCH: In a first, Red Bull pilot Luke Czepiela lands plane at Dubai’s Burj Al Arab helipad

Red Bull’s Polish Pilot and aerobat Luke Czepiela has scripted history by successfully landing his specially modified aircraft on the 27-meter-wide helipad of Dubai’s Burj Al Arab hotel. Czepiela had been preparing for the heart-breaking stun for two years.

Red Bull Motorsports shared the video on Instagram where the aircraft can be seen approaching the helipad-212 metres high on the 56^th floor of the iconic Burh Al Arab. The pilot managed to land the aircraft successfully after an initial scare.

Dubai Media Office also published pictures of the flight and landing, as they revealed that Czepiela took 650 practice landings before the attempt.  

“Landing at the height of 200 metres, with no clear points of reference, is completely different from landing on the ground. I had fully trusted my own skills. On the helipad, there was no room for mistakes,” Czepiela said on an article on Red Bull’s website.

The Burj Al Arab’s helipad has witnessed many jaw-dropping stunts before including a tennis-match between Roger Federer and Andre Agassi in 2005, a donut performance by Formula One driver David Coulthard in 2013, and a bike jump by BMX rider Kriss Kyle in 2019.