Guinness World Record inducted a "flying grandma" into its record books in March 2012. Mary Allen Hardison, a great-great grandmother from Ogden, Utah, decided to break new heights on her 101st birthday celebration this past September. Her 75-year-old son Allen had recently taken up paragliding, and not to be outdone by him, Hardison took flight and earned the record as the "Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem."
Her closest experience prior? Going on rides at Disneyland when she was 90. "My desire is for the elderly to keep on going, do things as long as you are physically able, says Hardison. "Be positive. Friends don't like a grumpy person."
However shortly after earning the record, it was broken by a 104-year-old woman...