Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and his daughter, Doro Bush Koch, walk across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Atlantic Ocean on May 26, 2009. Bush and his daughter are aboard to observe flight operations during the ship's underway period. (UPI Photo/Dominique J. Moore/U.S. Navy) | License Photo
Even jumping with an escort gives the feeling of "flying high," Bush said.
Bush made his first jump as a 20-year-old Navy pilot when his plane was shot down over the Pacific in 1944. He began his tradition of escorted birthday jumps when he turned 75, doing two on that birthday, two more when he turned 80 and another in 2007 to celebrate the reopening of his presidential library at Texas A&M, CNN said.
Two of Bush's sons, former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, welcomed him back to earth, CNN said.
"This is great," Bush said after the landing. "I'm glad to be alive and glad my family's all with me."
- Topics
- Jeb Bush
