World Skydiving Day: Today, the first World Skydiving Day is being celebrated all over the world. On this special occasion, 53-year-old Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat did something that makes the heartbeat of the youth increase before doing it. The Union Minister jumped from a moving airplane while doing a tandem skydive in Haryana, the video of which is now going viral on the Internet. When he was asked how he was feeling while skydiving, he said in a very cheerful tone – ‘Okay, it was fun.’
At the beginning of the video, it can be seen that the Tourism Minister is taking some training on skydiving before flying in the plane. After this, he jumped from the plane with his instructor very easily. When he was asked how he was feeling before jumping, the minister said that he was very excited for this.
While flying in the open sky, it can be clearly seen that he is looking very comfortable and happy. With this jump, he has also started skydiving in Haryana adjacent to Delhi. During this, he also told that now the people of India will not have to go abroad for this.
Special day: Thrill of sky diving. pic.twitter.com/iGoaQLDeyL
— Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (@gssjodhpur) July 13, 2024
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When he came down after skydiving and landing safely, he also spoke to the journalists. During this, he said, ‘Today is a very exciting day for me, but more importantly, it is an important day for the world and the world of aerosports, because World Skydiving Day is being celebrated for the first time. I can see aerosports and tourism touching new heights from today.’
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He further said, ‘Thousands of Indians used to enjoy these sports in Dubai, Singapore, Thailand, New Zealand and other places and now they will get to experience it here in their own country. This will also boost tourism. I have flagged off India’s first skydiving aircraft and I wish the team a lot of success. As Tourism Minister, it is my responsibility to develop new tourist destinations. We are preparing to start it in more places including Madhya Pradesh and Goa.’
Skydiving will get a new flight from today
The first World Skydiving Day was celebrated on 13 July. On this day, along with celebrating the unique experience of skydiving, the target is also set to break the record of maximum skydiving in a single day. The special thing is that this will promote this sport. This is a great initiative by the four major skydiving associations of the world – US Parachute Association, Australian Parachute Federation, British Skydiving and Canadian Sport Parachuting Association. In the coming time, people are going to get a chance to make new records in this through this.
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