British Kindertransport refugee, 94, becomes Israel’s oldest skydiver

A British-Israeli man approaching his 95th birthday has just become the oldest Israeli to skydive – and says he wants to do it again when he reaches 100.


A British-Israeli man approaching his 95th birthday has just become the oldest Israeli to skydive – and says he wants to do it again when he reaches 100.

Walter Bingham, who was born in the Weimar Republic in 1924, fell from the skies over northern Israel from a single-engine Cessna last week as a belated 94th birthday “treat”. He’ll be 95 in January.

https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/british-kindertransport-refugee-94-becomes-israels-oldest-skydiver/

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