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104-year-old Chicago woman becomes oldest person to tandem skydive

A 104-year-old Chicago woman set the record for oldest person to tandem skydive on Saturday.

Family, friends and neighbors gathered at Skydive Chicago Airport in Ottawa to celebrate Dorothy Hoffner as she broke the record, becoming the oldest person ever to tandem skydive out of an airplane.

Dorothy’s partner, a US Parachute Association instructor, was quickly impressed.

“She seems to know what she’s doing so it makes my job a whole lot easier,” instructor Derek Baxter said.

However, this wasn’t Hoffner’s first jump. She first jumped out of a plane when she turned 100!

Organizers are working to have Guinness World Records certify Hoffner’s jump.

Her next goal is to travel in a hot air balloon.