85-year-old Medal of Honor pilot makes 1st airplane jump

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85-year-old Medal of Honor pilot makes 1st airplane jump
By Irene Loewenson
Sep 9, 04:24 PM
A smiling Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Patrick Brady makes his first jump with help from the Golden Knights. (Staff Sgt. Dusty Gebhardt/Army)

Army Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Patrick Brady, a Medal of Honor recipient who turns 86 in October, had never jumped out of an airplane before Thursday.

Three of his children have done airplane jumps — two of his daughters as sports parachutists and one of his sons as a soldier, he said.

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