World Record Skydives

Last weekend, my Dad flew up to Indiana to be part of the team of 100 volunteers that helped Jay Stokes set a new World Record for the number of skydives in 24 hours!
Jay's goal was 600 jumps between September 8th at 8:00am and September 9th at 8:00am. That means he needed to make a jump every 2 minutes and 24 seconds...non-stop...for 24 hours!
My dad was one of the pilots and he flew for 6 hours (3 x 2 hour segments). His fastest cycle (from when Jay entered the plane, taking off, climbing to 2,100 feet of altitude, letting Jay jump, diving back toward earth, landing, and driving by so Jay could get back in the plane) took only 1 minute and 54 seconds!! Dad's average was 2 minutes and 3 seconds for when he was flying for Jay.
So with the help of pilots, planes, packers, timers, videographers, cooks, etc...Jay made 640 jumps!! Click here for a CNN video clip of the action! That's MY DAD FLYING THE PLANE:)
Jay's website and BLOG tells about how his record attempt raises money for the Special Olympics...there are lots of great photos from the record setting day...and updated posts while the jumps were being made.