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101-Year-Old WWII Veteran Sets Record for Oldest Skydiver

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Video footage provided courtesy of UK-based skydiving company Skydive Buzz showed the moment that British D-Day veteran Bryson William Verdun Hayes jumped out of a Skydive Buzz aircraft and became world's oldest skydiver after participating in a charity tandem skydive from 15,000 feet, aged 101 years and 38 days, near Devon on Monday. Hayes, a former Royal Signals lance corporal who took part in the infamous Allied invasion of Normandy beach during the Second World War, completed the tandem skydive along with 10 family members at Skydive Buzz, raising money for the Royal British Legion. Hayes' son Bryan, grandson Roger, great-grandson Stanley and great-granddaughter Ellie were among those who leapt with him. With his jump, Hayes surpassed the record of Canadian Armand Gendreau, who skydived aged 101 and three days, in June 2013. This has been Hayes' second skydive since turning 100 years old, setting a British record with his previous attempt

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