VIDEO: 100 Skydivers Over 60 Gathering In California To Break World Record

Skydivers around the world between the ages of 60 and 78 will gather in Southern California this weekend to try to make a giant formation in the sky and break the world record for skydiving in free fall.

According to NBC7, the event is being called "Boomers Away" and will be held from Thursday, April 7 to Sunday, April 10 from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. One hundred skydivers will attempt to beat the current record of a jump of 75 people at the same time. It was set in Illinois in 2018 for people over the age of 60.

To beat the record, Skydive Perris, a skydiving company based in Perris, said 100 men and women will jump out of five planes simultaneously at speeds of more than 120 mph and link limbs to form a snowflake-like figure in the sky.

"It's an incredibly difficult feat to accomplish for any group of highly skilled paratroopers, let alone when each participant is over 60," Skydive Perris said. The organizers of the event said the team is composed of people from all walks of life (although they are now mostly retired): "space scientists, doctors, fishermen, nurses, venture capitalists, accountants, pilots, teachers, a postman, a missionary, a roofer ... and even an Olympic diver!"

We'll have an update when they - fingers crossed - break the world record!