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6.16.2004

 

Move over elder Bush

Who's friends would dare you to jump out of an airplane at the age of 101? Frank Moody's...

101-Year-Old Man Makes Parachute Jump
CAIRNS, Australia (AP) - A 101-year-old man is believed to be the world's oldest skydiver after he accepted a dare from his friends and jumped out of an airplane Wednesday.

Frank Moody, from Holloways Beach on Australia's northeastern coast, beat the record set by a 94-year-old Norwegian in 1999, said Amanda Pilkington, from Skydive Cairns, which organized the jump.

Moody jumped in tandem with an experienced skydiver Wednesday morning from more than 3,000 meters (9,900 feet), she said.

"He's an absolute legend. It was a bit of a drunken dare by some of his mates at the local Holloways Beach football club. He said: "'Sure, I'll go jump out of an airplane,"' Pilkington quoted him as saying, adding she nearly fell off her chair when she first heard Moody wanted to try the Guiness record attempt. read on



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