At the hangar, Curtis walked in like he was out to prove that age really is just a number. “So I’m turning 94 today and today is the day. His flexibility didn’t match his age, as Dave Clarke, chief instructor at Alberta Skydivers in Beiseker walked him through the tucking motions. After an hour of training and fretting whether the weather would allow for a jump, all at once, Curtis and Clarke head for the plane. In the Second World War, Doug Curtis was a Royal Air Force tail gunner in a Lancaster bomber, where he was handed a parachute and told that if his plane was going down, he’d just have to jump and pray.

Source: National Post June 09, 2016 04:18 UTC