jeanni McCombs was a strong early female presence in the male-dominated sport of skydiving. She made 2,985 jumps before her untimely death in 1981. As D-251, she was only the fourth woman to earn a D license. Although she competed in the individual events, she was drawn to relative work from the start and excelled at organizing women’s “stars,” which led to some of the first 4-, 8- and 10-woman stars and eventually to a world record 13-woman star at Elsinore on April 7, 1973. But perhaps jeanni’s greatest contribution was her tireless promotion, not only of women in the sport, but of the sport itself.
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