Skydiving has become something of a birthday tradition for former U.S. President George H.W. Bush.
41 celebrated his 90th birthday by leaping from a plane at a height of about 10,000 feet over Kennebunkport, Maine, on Thursday, where he spent most of his childhood. Bush suffers from Parkinson's disease, which has kept him bound to a wheelchair for most of the past year.
The former president's flight was scheduled to depart around 10:45 a.m. ET, and the weather was all clear from the start.
It's a wonderful day in Maine -- in fact, nice enough for a parachute jump.
— George Bush (@GeorgeHWBush) June 12, 2014
The jump went off without a hitch.
.@GeorgeHWBush marks 90th birthday with parachute jump pic.twitter.com/oA3HErVtZ2
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 12, 2014
You can watch video of the whole thing below (if you can stand the background noise, anyway).
Bush leapt with the U.S. Army's Golden Knights, one of whom was attached to his back, just as he has done in the past. He's gone skydiving eight times, including on his 75th, 80th and 85th birthdays.
The former president landed safely, riding in tandem with Sgt. 1st Class Mike Elliott, whom he's jumped with before.
Two years ago, when Bush was 88, he said he had one final skydive in him.