The dive took in India’s solely civilian skydiving drop zone at Narnaul airstrip, Haryana.
The primary World Skydiving Day noticed a uncommon occasion happen in India as properly, when Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat took to the skies to expertise the thrilling sport for himself. Enterprise a tandem skydive in Haryana, movies confirmed the 53-year-old having fun with himself, even happening to say “good good, maza aa gaya” when he was requested, mid-dive, how he was feeling.
The movies confirmed the tourism minister getting classes in skydiving earlier than taking off in a airplane and leaping, with an teacher, whereas one other skydiver captured the bounce on digicam. “Tremendous excited,” was the minister’s response when he was requested how he was feeling whereas taking off and, after the parachute opened, he expressed his happiness at getting the chance to expertise skydiving.
Talking to reporters after touchdown safely, Mr Shekhawat stated, “Right this moment is an exhilarating day for me however, extra importantly, it is a vital day for the world and for the world of aerosports, as a result of World Skydiving Day is being celebrated for the primary time. I can see aerosports and tourism touching new heights from at the moment.”
“Hundreds of Indians used to take pleasure in these sports activities in Dubai, Singapore, Thailand, New Zealand and different locations and they’re going to now get to expertise it right here. This may even enhance tourism. I’ve flagged off India’s first skydiving plane and I want nice success to the group. Because the tourism minister, it’s my duty to develop new vacationer spots. We wish to encourage this in additional locations, together with Madhya Pradesh and Goa,” he stated.
The dive came about at Skyhigh, India’s solely civilian skydiving drop zone at Narnaul airstrip, Haryana.
The primary World Skydiving Day, which is able to repeat every year on the second Saturday in July, is an initiative by 4 of the world’s main skydiving associations – The US Parachute Affiliation (USPA), Australian Parachute Federation, British Skydiving and the Canadian Sport Parachuting Affiliation. Based on the associations, the occasion “goals to have a good time the unforgettable expertise of skydiving whereas additionally setting the report for probably the most skydives on at the present time worldwide”.
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