IAF Officer Hoists Largest National Flag While Sky Diving

Tag : adventure, India, Sky Diving

 An Indian Air Force officer broke all the largest national flag sky diving records, only to create his own. The previous record was 19 years ago. Wing Commander Kamal Singh Oberh, who created this record, dived with 77 kg with the weight of the flag being 52 kg and the parachute 25 kg.

Wing Commander Oberh is a highly qualified Parachute Jump Instructor with over 1,300 parachute descents to his credit, including 150 successful attempts in the night. He is the first Indian to skydive over both the extremes of the planet - The white continent of Antarctica and the geographical North Pole.

His recent record-breaking attempt was carried out on May 29 at an airfield inside the NDA campus. He jumped with a flag measuring 51 feet 10 inch in length (4,211.45 ft). Interestingly, it took 27 cadets to pack the flag together into its specially designed container.

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