“Age is just a number,” stated Dorothy Hoffner amid a cheering crowd as she touched ground Sunday at the Skydive Chicago Airport in Ottawa.
The 104-year-old resident of Chicago is aiming to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after she made a tandem jump and landed 13,500 feet at the northern Illinois airport.
An adventure enthusiast, she first skydived when she was 100 years old. Recalling the experience, she said she had to be pushed out of the aircraft to make the jump.
However, on Sunday, she insisted on leading the jump, being tethered to a U.S. Parachute Association-certified instructor.