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Former President George H.W. Bush Plans 90th Birthday Skydive


FILE - Former President George H.W. Bush during free fall with U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team member, Sgt. 1st Class Mike Elliott, College Station, Texas, Nov. 2007.
FILE - Former President George H.W. Bush during free fall with U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team member, Sgt. 1st Class Mike Elliott, College Station, Texas, Nov. 2007.
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush plans to mark his 90th birthday with a skydive in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Thursday with a group of U.S. Army veterans.

"It's a wonderful day in Maine — in fact, nice enough for a parachute jump," said the 41st U.S. president, who first jumped from an aircraft almost 70 years ago when he was shot down over the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Bush, the father of 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush, has been celebrating birthdays with occasional skydives for years and marked his 75th and 80th birthdays with jumps.

In 2009, when he jumped to mark his 85th birthday, his son then-President Bush said: "I think he's a nut to jump."

Skies in Maine were heavily overcast with little wind on Thursday.
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