103-year-old Seattle woman skydives for birthday; sets world record

EastTexasMatters ^ | 8/16/2019 | Minnie Betts

[simpson96]

[Rio]

30 seconds?

[rockinqsranch]

I’m not a skydiver, but to me 30 seconds without a SPLAT at the end doesn’t compute.

[aquila48]

At 103 you’re probably past worrying about death.

[Rio]

the oldest to successfully skydive.

One can't help but wonder about the older one who UNsuccessfully skydived... (skydove?)

[Bonemaker]

“To celebrate her 103rd birthday, her son Warren, a frequent jumper, decided to take his mom with him...”

I wonder if there is a significant inheritance involved in this equation? Next year he will want to take her snake hunting in Australia.

[xp38]

Forgetting to pull the ripcord is a risk. :)

[Mr. K]

Wait... at 103 she has a SON that took her skydiving?

I hope they meant great grandson...

[SkyDancer]

Takes a lot longer to come down from 10k than 30 sec’s - more like minutes. I don’t know how long the free-fall was what with her age.

[TomServo]

She’s apparently an active senior.

[o-n-money]

She also set a record for having a kid at 84.

[George from New England]

I’m surprised some insurance company didn’t deny her. They write dozens of pages of restrictions and limits.

[Veto!]

I had a few friends who went skydiving several times. I went with them, put a chute on, went up in the plane and didn’t jump out. Hadn’t planned to because I had kids at home.

But oh, my, it looked like huge fun. When I’m 100 (which my doc says I will be), I’ll do it then. GHWBush did on his 100th.

[deport]

approximately 150/200 mph drop speed will get you down from two miles in short order.

[SkyDancer]

Not if you are using a tandem parachute which in this story was used. You can hang-time quite awhile with them.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Wow pretty amazing to be doing that at 103, the same age as Madonna.

[OregonRancher]

60 second delay from 12.5K Chute is pulled at 2.5K agl

[SkyDancer]

You forget there’s a 103yo woman attached. I fly a jump plane and have seen sports para’s come down like crazy and the Goliaths hang for what seems like eternity before flare to landing.

[Jet Jaguar]

LOL

[bk1000]

“oldest to successfully skydive.”

Do they keep records for those unsuccessful?