DeclinetoState
09-10-2006, 12:22 AM
GREENSBURG, Ind. (AP) -- Jay Stokes celebrated his 50th birthday by jumping out of an airplane - 640 times.
The veteran skydiver did it to break his own world record of 534 jumps in a 24-hour period. There was no immediate word when his new record might be confirmed by Guinness World Records.
Associated Press (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SKYDIVING_RECORD?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-09-09-11-43-16)
If at first you don't succeed, so much for skydiving.
640 times in 24 hours equals one jump out of the plane every 2:15 minutes.
Dozens of volunteers, including four pilots, helped by packing his 23 chutes and flying three planes at the airport midway between Indianapolis and Cincinnati. As soon as Stokes touched down after a jump from 2,100 feet, he undid the straps on one parachute and put another one on while running to the next waiting airplane.
The veteran skydiver did it to break his own world record of 534 jumps in a 24-hour period. There was no immediate word when his new record might be confirmed by Guinness World Records.
Associated Press (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SKYDIVING_RECORD?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-09-09-11-43-16)
If at first you don't succeed, so much for skydiving.
640 times in 24 hours equals one jump out of the plane every 2:15 minutes.
Dozens of volunteers, including four pilots, helped by packing his 23 chutes and flying three planes at the airport midway between Indianapolis and Cincinnati. As soon as Stokes touched down after a jump from 2,100 feet, he undid the straps on one parachute and put another one on while running to the next waiting airplane.