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Time flies and so does this mother-son skydiving team. Growing Bolder found a unique tandem whose definition of spending quality time together involves taking the plunge at 13,500 feet.
John and I riding the Grand Tour Double Century when we were a tandem team. We're riding a custom-built Calfee Dragonfly tandem.
There are all kinds of ways to see the world. One couple decided to take the slow and scenic route on a tandem bicycle.
Hey, "Today Show" -- I'll see your Skydiving Grandmother: And raise you an entire channel of people doing stuff just like this -- going extreme after the age of 50. How about a group of skydivers -- all over the age of 60 -- freefalling into the world record books. Maybe you'd be interested in the story of Joe Kittinger, the first man in space. Before the space...
There are all kinds of ways to see the world. One couple decided to take the slow and scenic route on a tandem bicycle.
President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 85th birthday just as he did his 80th and his 75th. He went skydiving in a tandem rig to prove that "old guys can still do stuff."
The Mike Costello Story I have personally known many military heroes such as Guy Garuthers, a co-pilot of mine at Eastern Airlines who was captured by the North Vietnamese the second time his fighter was shot down, and subsequently spent 5 1/2 years undergoing torture in the Hanoi Hilton. His story is worthy of a book. I have had the honor of flying with Bob Hooks, a World War II Navy ace...
We're opening up the GB archives to reintroduce you to the late, great Chet Poland. Chet was the world's oldest skydiver when he passed away in his mid-90's. We were fortunate enough to spend a little quality time with him.
Growing Bolder is something anyone can do. This is how skydivers do it. It's one of the most inspiring, empowering and unforgettable world records ever, and only Growing Bolder was there to document it.
What goes up must come down. That's why you hesitate to try skydiving. But what if you could get a similar experience just a few feet off the floor?