We meet again.

Wow! Congratulations...for getting the nerve up, and for enjoying the experience, and for being here to tell about it...lol. I gotta admit I've never even been in a plane because of just watching them in the sky...yikes for me, let alone jumping. But great admiration for those who do, for work or recreation.

I knew an old lady named Nellie in one of the places where I grew up who always sat behind the bushes with her double barrel laid across her lap. A little ways away they would sometimes have people parachuting on an old moonshine runway for certain celebrations, etc. And she always growled out about how she dared one of them whippersnappers to land on her place and she'd shoot 'em before they got to the ground...lol. Of course she just always freaked me out because my great aunt and I would walk along the railroad tracks to sell eggs and she jump out to talk to my great aunt and I'd have to try to hide behind my super skinny aunt while Nellie growled about how she was gonna shoot the next so and so who did this and that...lol...well the story could get longer but I realize, once again, I've veered way off topic.

But I am in admiration of your bravery and glad you enjoyed the experience. Thanks for sharing it with us. If you ever hear of me planning such an "outing," I'll probably die of a heart attack before I even make it onto the plane...lol.

I remember reading in an American sky diving magazine about an elderly lady that did a tandem jump for her birthday. I’m not sure if it was for her 102nd birthday or not but it was a great age, certainly a century. The amazing thing is that she did a tandem for her 80th birthday and vowed to do a tandem for every birthday since. As you would expect she was treated with extreme care!

I saw something about an elderly lady on the news who did that on her birthdays...lol...her family thought she was nuts but she was having a blast and says she'll never quit doing it.

HOLY MOLY You're my hero!! I had a hard time flying to California this year and I stayed in the plane...lol.

No prob Erockin, you just got to open the door and leap out!
(* with parachute)

Can't be any worse than a big, scary roller coaster drop when the track falls apart.

stumpkicker - I think you probably mean you CAN scratch skydiving off your bucket list, not that you CAN'T. As the original poster, you can still edit the title if you want. Glad you survived and enjoyed the experience.

I took it to mean that he CAN'T scratch it off because it was too much fun, and once wasn't enough .....