Where did Robin Meade and former President George HW Bush go skydiving yesterday?
HLN Anchor Robin Meade didn’t mince words when describing how it felt jumping out of a plane yesterday in a skydiving stint with former President George H.W. Bush. “That’s a little unpleasant,” Meade told the Daily News. Meade and Bush joined the Army’s famed Golden Knights parachute team in a skydive in Kennebunkport, Maine, to mark the 41st President’s 85th birthday. Meade and Bush were each attached to separate Golden Knights for the 10,500-foot trip back to the ground. They landed outside of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Kennebunkport. Sources: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/06/13/2009-06-13_anchors_away_takes_leap_of_faith_meade_skydives_with_bush_41.
HLN Anchor Robin Meade didn’t mince words when describing how it felt jumping out of a plane yesterday in a skydiving stint with former President George H.W. Bush. “That’s a little unpleasant,” Meade told the Daily News. Meade and Bush joined the Army’s famed Golden Knights parachute team in a skydive in Kennebunkport, Maine, to mark the 41st President’s 85th birthday. “I was afraid right at the moment where they said, ‘All right, let’s go,'” Meade said. She also knew she couldn’t back out. Meade and Bush were each attached to separate Golden Knights for the 10,500-foot trip back to the ground. They landed outside of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Kennebunkport. “My knees were shaking a little bit,” Meade said. “I never would have volunteered in real life to do this,” she added. “But I knew there were cameras around me, so I couldn’t freak out.” Meade got the invite to make the jump through members of the Golden Knights. Each morning on Meade’s HLN show, “Morning Express,” there is a re
George HW Bush, Robin Meade Going Skydiving To Celebrate Bush’s 85th Birthday First Posted: 06- 9-09 03:30 PM | Updated: 06- 9-09 05:57 PM George H.W. Bush will celebrate his 85th birthday Friday afternoon with another bout of skydiving. In a twist, this year Bush Sr., a veteran skydiver who made his first jump as a 20-year-old Navy pilot in World War II who was shot down over the Pacific, will make the jump in tandem with HLN anchor Robin Meade. Meade will interview Bush Sr. before they make the jump. Press release from HLN is below. HLN (formerly Headline News) today announced that Robin Meade, anchor of Morning Express with Robin Meade, will participate in a tandem parachute jump with President George H. W. Bush this Friday, June 12. The U.S. Army Parachute Team, the “Golden Knights,” will be conducting the jump, which will take place in Kennebunkport, Maine, as family and friends gather to observe the former president’s 85th birthday. “It’s not every day one gets the chance to tand
