88 skydiving ladies set a world record

By: Bailey Johnson
Topics: Viral Video

(CBS News) Some records are made to be broken. Other records you had no idea existed, but now that you do you definitely want to see them broken because it sounds awesome. For example, did you know the record for largest "flower formation" skydiving attempt is 84 people? Well, that was the record, until a group of skydiving ladies known as the "Pearls of Russia" showed up. Check out the record-breaking clip above.

Russia Today, who posted the video, had this to say:

The 88 member 'Pearls of Russia' women's skydiving team has just successfully pulled off a white, blue and red flower formation jump in the skies over Kolomna near Moscow, setting a world record for women's parachuting. Their first two attempts were not successful, but the third time was a charm. The previous world record was set by a German female team, which consisted of 84 members.

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by pollotro September 11, 2012 2:36 PM EDT: check out the worlds largest cheese burger! lol

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by Zendream79 July 31, 2012 9:54 PM EDT: Doesn't CBS ever check their facts before publishing something like this? This is NOT a world female skydiving record. It's been done over & over. 1999: 119 women, 2002: 131 women, 2005: 151 and September 2009: 181 women from 31 countries. One hundred & eighty one and it was FAI certified. Was this Russian record FAI certified? The Federation Aeronautique International maintains all of the world aviation records. The most recent 181 in Perris, California raised over $900,000 for breast cancer research? Over Nine hundred thousand dollars. How much did the Russian women raise to help anyone? The US organized womens team headed up by Kate Cooper called their team: 'Jump for a cause'. No doubt it's a Russian record but certainly NOT a world record.; Reply to this comment


by Ulgnud July 28, 2012 2:33 PM EDT: That took a lot of work and coordination. There wasn't much time either. They were approaching the ground fast. Thanks for sharing this It is a neat and unique accomplishment Congratulations.; Reply to this comment


by rwsmith29456 July 26, 2012 12:51 AM EDT: This is pretty awesome. I wonder how many planes were dropping.; Reply to this comment


by texasskydiver July 25, 2012 3:56 PM EDT: This is NOT a world record. The current world record for the largest all female formation is 181 set in 2009 in California.

The organizers of the record you are reporting on have submitted a claim for the largest EUROPEAN female formation.

Check out fai.org for verification of this. The following text was copied directly from the fai site.

Status: ratified - current record
Region: World
Class: G (Parachuting)
Sub-Class: G-2 (Performance Records)
Category: Female
Group: Largest Formation Records
Type of record: Largest freefall formation
Performance: 181 parachutists
Date: 2009-09-26; Reply to this comment