THAT WHALE WAS HAVING A WHALE OF A TIME, WASN’T HE? SO HOW WOULD YOU SPEND YOUR 91ST BIRTHDAY? WELL, NEW AT SIX TONIGHT FOR THAT WILMINGTON MAN. THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. I’M GOING TO GET IN A PLANE, AND I’M GOING TO JUMP OUT OF A PLANE. THE NAVY VETERAN HAD SOME COMPANY ON THE WAY DOWN. BY THE WAY, A DOZEN MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY WENT TO EMILY MAHER, WENT TO ORANGE TO BE THERE AS IT ALL HAPPENED. NOW THROW IT ON LIKE A BACKPACK SUITED UP. GOT A MICROPHONE ON. THEY SAID THEY COULD. THEY COULD HEAR ME SCREAMING. SKYBOUND AND READY TO SOAR. WHY SKYDIVING? WHY? IT WAS ON MY BUCKET LIST. A BUCKET LIST OF ADVENTURES. GEORGE HEBERT IS TAKING OFF. ONE JUMP AT A TIME. I CAME WAREHAM 90 YEARS OLD. I’M GOING TO SKYDIVE. SO THAT’S WHAT I DID LAST YEAR. AND I LOVED IT. HE LOVED IT SO MUCH HE CAME BACK THIS TIME SKYDIVING. JUST DAYS BEFORE HIS 91ST BIRTHDAY. I’M COMING EVERY YEAR. COMING EVERY YEAR. WELL, I CAN, YEAH. AND WHOSE CRAZY IDEA WAS ALL THAT? HAHA. WATCH YOUR HEAD GETTING IN. OKAY. IT’S ALL SMILES IN THE SKY AS GEORGE GETS READY TO GO JUMPING WITH THE SAME JUMP TOWN. SKYDIVING INSTRUCTOR AS LAST YEAR, THE PAIR MAKING AN AERODYNAMIC DUO. YOU’RE DOING GREAT. WHEN YOU FIRST GO OUT, YOU CAN DO STUFF YOU KNOW YOU CAN MOVE YOUR HAND AND WAVE AND STUFF, BUT THEN THEY GO LIKE THIS AND GO RIGHT DOWN. IT TOOK A YEAR OF CONVINCING, BUT GEORGE GOT A DOZEN OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS TO JUMP OUT WITH HIM. YOU CAN SEE HIM LANDING RIGHT NOW. HOW WAS IT? THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. AND IT’S ALL EYES ON GEORGE. YEAH. GEORGE AS HE SOARS IN. WOO! YOU DID GREAT. YOU DID AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS FOR A SMOOTH LANDING AND A BIRTHDAY FOR THE AGES. I TRULY ENJOYED MYSELF IN ORANGE. ARE YOU COMING BACK NEXT YEAR? YES I AM. EMILY MAHER. I TELL YOU, I’M COMING BACK UNTIL I’M 104. I’M GOING TO BEAT THAT RECORD. WC
Meet the Navy veteran skydiving for his 91st birthday
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Updated: 9:50 PM CDT Aug 15, 2024
George Ebert, a Navy veteran from Wilmington, Massachusetts, is celebrating his 91st birthday by skydiving with a dozen family members. It's not his first time jumping from a plane in his 90s. "It was on my bucket list," Ebert said. "I said when I was 90 years old, 'I'm going to skydive,' and that's what I did. And I loved it!"Ebert loved it so much, he returned to Jumptown Skydiving in Orange just days before his 91st birthday. "I'm coming every year," he said. "I'm coming every year I can."Ebert was all smiles in the sky as he prepared to jump, diving with the same instructor as last year. "You're doing great," the instructor said, as they parachuted through the sky.While it took a year, George convinced a dozen of his family members to join him on the jump, including two of his sons, who have fears of heights. "That was unbelievable," said John Ebert, George's son, upon landing.As George Ebert came in for a smooth landing, he vowed to keep coming back to keep the birthday tradition going. "I think I'm coming back until I'm 104 years old," he said. "I'm going to beat that record."George turns 91 on Sunday.See more in the video player above.
ORANGE, Mass. — George Ebert, a Navy veteran from Wilmington, Massachusetts, is celebrating his 91st birthday by skydiving with a dozen family members.
It's not his first time jumping from a plane in his 90s.
"It was on my bucket list," Ebert said. "I said when I was 90 years old, 'I'm going to skydive,' and that's what I did. And I loved it!"
Ebert loved it so much, he returned to Jumptown Skydiving in Orange just days before his 91st birthday.
"I'm coming every year," he said. "I'm coming every year I can."
Ebert was all smiles in the sky as he prepared to jump, diving with the same instructor as last year.
"You're doing great," the instructor said, as they parachuted through the sky.
While it took a year, George convinced a dozen of his family members to join him on the jump, including two of his sons, who have fears of heights.
"That was unbelievable," said John Ebert, George's son, upon landing.
As George Ebert came in for a smooth landing, he vowed to keep coming back to keep the birthday tradition going.
"I think I'm coming back until I'm 104 years old," he said. "I'm going to beat that record."
George turns 91 on Sunday.
See more in the video player above.
