Published 12:59 IST, October 6th 2020
Daredevil! 103-year-old bags Guinness World Record for 'oldest tandem parachute jump'
A 103-year-old 'daredevil' from the United States recently broke the Guinness World Record title for the ‘oldest tandem parachute jump’.
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A 103-year-old man from United States recently broke Guinness World Record title for ‘oldest tandem parachute jump’. Alfred Al Blaschke jumped from a plane flying at a height of 14,000 feet in order to celebrate his twin grandson’s gruation. As Alfred attempted, succeeded and even simultaneously broke world record, he proved that anyone at any can be fearless.
While sharing video in which Alfred could be seen in action, Guinness World Record informed that 1-3-year-old bagged world record for being oldest man to complete a tandem parachute jump. He attempted that 14,000 feet drop at a velocity of 120 miles per hour and he performed dive with an instructor. According to GWR, Alfred h previously attempted skydiving in 2017 for his 100th birthday and h promised to do it again when his grandsons gruate college.
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GWR said, “Three years later, he hored that promise by jumping out of a moving plane at 14,000 feet, as confirmed by Skydive land manr Thomas Hughes”.
video showed Alfred getting rey and wearing harness before jump. He could be seen sitting inside plane. After reaching desired height, 103-year-old and his instructor could n be seen jumping from plane.
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Alfred says everything was ‘perfect’
Alfred jumped with a certified Skydive land tandem jump instructor, Don Cameron, who took care of parachute and ensured safe landing. entire dive took almost five minutes and Alfred afterwards said, “Everything went perfect”. While speaking to GWR, ‘daredevil’ said, “Skydiving is a very safe sport se days. Statistically, it’s more dangerous to get snacks out of a vending machine”.
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Shared on October 3, Twitter post has garnered over 170 likes. Internet users loved Alfred’s spirit and y even showered him with praises. While some users congratulated 103-year-old, ors simply wrote y loved it.
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13:00 IST, October 6th 2020