Dorothy Hoffner completed her feat at Skydive Chicago Airport.
A 104-year-old woman is hoping to be confirmed as the oldest person to skydive after making a tandem jump and landing 13,500ft later at a US airport.
The record for oldest skydiver was set in May last year by 103-year-old Linnea Ingegard Larsson from Sweden, but Skydive Chicago is working to have Guinness World Records certify Ms Hoffner’s jump as a new record, WLS-TV reported.She first skydived when she was 100, and on Sunday she left her walking frame behind at the airport and was helped up the plane’s steps to join others waiting inside to skydive.
Finally, the wind pushed her white hair back as she clung to the harness draped over her narrow shoulders, picked up her legs as the ground neared and plopped on to a grassy area at the airport.
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