“Age is just a number,” Hoffner told a cheering crowd moments after landing. It was not her first time jumping from a plane: that happened when she was a spry 100 years of age.
Conant said he was working through paperwork to ensure that Guinness World Records certifies Hoffner posthumously as the world’s oldest skydiver, but he expects that will take some time. The record was set in May 2022 by 103-year-old Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson of Sweden.
Conant said Hoffner didn’t skydive to break a record. He said she had so thoroughly enjoyed her first jump that she just wanted to do it again.“She had no intention of breaking the record. And she had no interest in any publicity or anything. She wasn’t doing it for any other reason than she wanted to go skydiving,” he said.
Skydive Chicago and the United States Parachute Association celebrated Hoffner in a joint statement Tuesday.“We are deeply saddened by Dorothy’s passing and feel honoured to have been a part of making her world-record skydive a reality. “Skydiving is an activity that many of us safely tuck away in our bucket lists. But Dorothy reminds us that it’s never too late to take the thrill of a lifetime. We are forever grateful that skydiving was a part of her exciting, well-lived life,” they said.
Conant said Hoffner worked for more than four decades as a telephone operator with Illinois Bell, which later became AT&T, and retired 43 years ago.Dorothy Hoffner waves to the crowd after her dive.“She was a dear friend who was an inspiration,” Conant said.
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