- Date
- 2004-07-28
- Kind
- Sports
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- aviationsportsrecreationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Mary Kay Dorais described completing her first tandem skydive on July 28, 2004, jumping from about 12,000 feet over Beaver Island and landing at the Township Airport.
Evidence limits
This is a first-person newspaper account; it does not identify the pilot and tandem partner by full name or provide an independent flight log.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."Mary Kay Dorais recounts a tandem jump from about 12,000 feet over Beaver Island on July 28, including the view of the archipelago and a soft landing at the Township Airport. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the first-skydive account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Mary Kay Dorais completes a tandem skydive over Beaver Island”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mary-kay-dorais-first-skydive-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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