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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBush at 80Mews Quad -City Times Mon, Jun 14, 2004 Main Edition - Page 19 https://www.newspapers.com/image/308266697 Liwrr approaenes rcn stun. meannk;m:nen+gt�o v I iv. Bush 7 I at 80 h.IIJ 1 L Former President George Bush wipes his brow after a parachute lump during his Both birthday celebration at his Former president presidential marks his octennial molCollege library in — with parachute jump 1e.a.. up ("OLLEGt. STATim T,,:I, solo skydi- IAP) former r, u1• 111 "W'e wen• cow ermrf the pros t Georr H W Hush t 0ehr ittsi his ident p slily could get list in n a(nh hlrthdav with a 131ml ird cloud and wrdon't want him to parachute jump over his priest do that.' said Lt ("ol Ilacid . 11 dental library Sunday.and said Standndge. I ummander rd the u he fit the same thrill of prior Guden Knights US lumps even though his hopes of "It was a different sensation. eta skvdi,ing-to were dashed. hill when vnti r• fit the rin of - lie mial'a tandem lump — bar an expert parachutist. tier..'s ar m aim a nn•mtierd Ali Army's Gar less cis inrn.' Bush stud Gulden Knights parachute team "The feeling is the same H was g after officials deckled the wind Incredible" conditions and low clouds made He said he would like to try a n Iou dangerous for the 41st pees solo jump again, but gave no le tdent to;ump alone. which he did timetable other than"sesm." it when he turned 75 The lump. Bush's nfth. earned 4 err "Thls'. a real thrill for me:' him parachutist's wings that Ifsold Hush. wearing a black�and" were pinned on lit in after he .1dlumpsmt Afelinofear .for landed The wings include a me to get a chance to lump with small bronze star. indicating the Golden Knights I% a dream.'" he'd made a combat lump in a ro With staff Sgt Bryan Schnell hostile area ,in his back and a black "and "gold Bush made his first parachute parachute ballooning above iump as a LOyearold K:wy pilot them. the former president shut down over the Pacifir th r waved his arms to some 4.0119 Ing World War 11 In 1941, he n sp" Ion as he neared the drop badod tat river Yuma. Anz., ful- zone apainted logouf "41 at filling a wartime prortaise he eo" in the center of a football made to himself that some day field sized area on the grounds he'd pimp from a plane for fun. s of his presidential library at Bush Bald Sunday he hoed r" Texas A&M Vniv,•rs(ty his stunt sent a mvss:ige Io pet. ..It's been a great day." Bush plc thatIt au years old. you've said after sailing to the ground. still got a Itfe' ion landignand ,euutmg a ways on For line. I like sla•ia1 I like the his backside This was a day of thrill of it. Ili• said. But the lmnp pry and a day of wonder for the also "sets an ex:n vl, for older Hush Gamily: certamly for (he people. here andabrxld, that lust ' Al .,III guy" because you're 10, year, old, it The crowd included his wde. doesn't riwan you're out of it ' H:vbara, his son Florida Gnc. The skyrhn' capped tau darn a fir deli Bush And former Soviet of blrthdaylestivltiesforllu'll l president Mikhail Gortcwhey fin Saturd:n. a hasob;ail park f whom Ili• firmer pr %alent had fill of algnn ;.fill parade, uuital invited to Jump w ah him Ing he, Idest sun. Pr>idenl r-Afraal.' Gurbachry said linsh.former British Prime Min through an interpreter. explain liter John Magrrand celehrites Ing why he didnl accept the and spins figures such as Den offer ` Maybe on his 401h birth nis ?Idler and fete Siunpras. day For me. it wouldbe a first wished Bush a happy bu thdn. At my age. that may kill me" The weekend events were Gorbachev gave Hush flowers designed to raise money for the and a bottle of vodka George Bush Forty One Endow After Bush. who turned 19) merit. which suplerls his library Saturday. pumped tandem early fmmdatu-n, th, Housmn barn! "'• - Sunday morning in a practice Unn'crstty of Tesa- M D A,,-' Former President George Bush parachutes to his landing Is non. nRrcla1% decided weather on Cancer (',ntei .Ind PI. Sunday after a tandem Jump with Sgt. Bryan Schnell. a 'd „�n•!,nn, ­-, n kt I- i I'-•. i. 11! Litl-�: F111::-.d ui„r. member of the U.S. Army Golden Knights. Printed on Mar 18, 2019 Copyright © 2019 Newspapers.com. All Rights Reserved. News