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Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush marked his 90th birthday with a skydive in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Thursday (June 12) with a group of U.S. Army veterans.
"It's a wonderful day in Maine - in fact, nice enough for a parachute jump," said the 41st U.S. president, who first jumped from an aircraft almost 70 years ago when he was shot down over the Pacific Ocean during World War Two.
Bush, the father of 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush, has been celebrating birthdays with occasional skydives for years and marked his 75th and 80th birthdays with jumps.
In 2009, when he jumped to mark his 85th birthday, his son, then-President Bush, said: "I think he's a nut to jump."
Skies in Maine were heavily overcast with little wind on Thursday.
