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Retired Army Sgt. Michael Elliot joined Fox & Friends on Saturday to remember his skydives with President George H.W. Bush.
Bush, who served as the 41st president of the United States, passed away at the age of 94 Friday night.
A Navy pilot during World War II, Bush would celebrate age milestones by skydiving.
Elliot was a member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, nicknamed the Golden Knights, and was strapped to the president during the jump on his 85th birthday and for the rededication of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in Texas.
'We've Lost a Superman': Former Golden Knight Remembers Skydiving With George H.W. Bush | Fox News Insider
One of the classier presidents we've had. Had a somewhat quiet approach to leadership, but solid and resolute when needs. Probably no other president with equal foreign policy experience.
I remember that. That was awesome.
What was awesome was that he was clearly having such a blast. As for this being He-Man work IDK, being strapped to someone else who is an expert and is doing all the work sounds like tourism to me.
I don't know if I'd call it tourism. The guy was 80, 85 and 90 at the time. He was shot down over the water the first time he bailed . What would you call that?
George H.W. Bush Will Skydive To Celebrate His 90th Birthday | Time
He had a great time and it was fun to watch him having a great time but lets not make it something that it was not is what I am saying.
He had a great time and it was fun to watch him having a great time but lets not make it something that it was not is what I am saying.
So to Hawkey10, Heroism is reckless stupidity...why does that not surprise me.
Equating skydiving out of a plane with just chutes to get you to the ground, while strapped to an expert..."tourism"...wonders never cease with you, good grief.
Ever notice how guys who can haul ass, guys with the real stuff, are usually quiet about it? They don't beak off, don't brag, probably just grinning a bit inside while others do.
What was awesome was that he was clearly having such a blast. As for this being He-Man work IDK, being strapped to someone else who is an expert and is doing all the work sounds like tourism to me.
So to Hawkey10, Heroism is reckless stupidity...why does that not surprise me.
Equating skydiving out of a plane with just chutes to get you to the ground, while strapped to an expert..."tourism"...wonders never cease with you, good grief.
I've done this exact thing. Felt just like skydiving to me, especially when I pulled the chute.
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