A 104-year-old Chicago woman hopes to be certified as the oldest person to skydive after putting her walker on the ground and doing a tandem jump in northern Illinois. “Age is just a number,” he said. Dorothy Hoffner A cheering crowd moments after Skydive Chicago touched down Sunday in Ottawa, about 140 kilometers southwest of Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reported.
he Guinness World Records The record for the oldest skydiver was established in May 2022 by 103-year-old Swede Linnea Ingegar Larsson. But Skydive Chicago is working to make the jump Hoffner to be certified as a record by Guinness World RecordsWLS-TV reported.
Hoffner He made his first parachute jump at the age of 100. On Sunday, he left his walker just before a skyvan, the plane, and helped him up the stairs to join others waiting to skydive.
“Come, come, Geronimo!” Hoffner He said after finally sitting down. When he did his first skydive, he said he had to be pushed out of the plane. But on Sunday, the US Parachuting Association-certified instructor got stuck in, Hoffner He insisted on leading the jump from a height of 4,100 meters.
He looked calm and confident as the plane was in the air and its back door opened to reveal a field of crops. Moments later, he walked over to the edge and jumped into the air. It made a perfect forward roll in the sky before flying steadily in free fall with its belly towards the ground.
The jump lasted seven minutes, including a slow descent of the parachute to the ground. When they reached land, the wind blew their white hair HoffnerHe held the harness over his slender shoulders, lifted his feet, and landed softly on the grassy landing area.
Friends came to congratulate him, while someone brought his red walker to him. He quickly got up and was asked how it felt to be back on land.
“Amazing,” he said. Hoffner. “But it was wonderful there. “Everything was beautiful, wonderful, it couldn’t have been better.”
After his jump, mind Hoffner He is quick to focus on the future and other challenges. The lifelong Chicago woman, who will turn 105 in December, said she could take a ride in a hot air balloon.
“I wasn’t one of them,” he said.
Through: AP News
Editor’s note: I don’t know if I would do the same at her age. Demon! I don’t know if I would do that at my age! This lady is clearly living her life to the fullest and that makes me so happy.
