Pune: Sheetal Mahajan Skydived From 5,000 Feet With The Help Of Paramotors On The Occasion Of International Women’s Day
Siddhi Dharmadhikari
Pune, 9th March 2022: On the occasion of International Women’s Day yesterday, Padma Shri Sheetal Mahajan skydived from 5,000 feet with the help of paramotors. Sheetal made the leap from the paragliding centre at Hadapsar, Pune. At this time, Vijay Sethi, who is making various records in the country and abroad took over the responsibility of piloting the paramotor with Sheetal.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Sheetal had a dream of skydiving with the help of paramotors at night. However, many paramotor pilots refused, citing the danger of skydiving at night. Finally, Sheetal contacted Sethi and both made a decision to jump on the occasion of Women’s Day.
Sheetal said that the pleasure of seeing the city of Pune from 5,000 feet is something different. Sheetal and Sethi also said that the experience is thrilling.
Sethi informed that when they reached a height of 4,000 feet, they started to feel the climate change and low pressure began to build up. “Clouds started to come and pressure turned a bit low. But the overall situation got stable and Sheetal jumped accordingly”, explained Vijay.
Sheetal informed that it has never been easy for her but Sethi helped her. “I was wearing a tricolor suit with lighting on them. When I jumped and I looked down; the experience was overwhelming. Everyone should try night skydiving.”
Sheetal advised all youths saying “Skydiving, paragliding, paramotors also have national, international competition. Many don’t know about this sport. The experience was fulfilling. And I personally want many Indian youths to represent India in this very sport.”
Sethi said that air sports give people different visions of life. “When you jump from certain feet, the experience you will get, and most importantly the vision you get for your life is extraordinary. I will urge people to at least try for once in any kind of air sport. Because, this is also one kind of addiction which can be healthy”, they concluded.
