A Rare Show of Love
for Pakistan
Kashif Zafar (left) with Jim Wallas |
Los Angeles, CA: Pakistani
skydiver Kashif Zafar who hails from Karachi celebrated
the country’s 59th independence Day by parachuting
with the Pakistani flag at Perris Valley Skydiving Center,
Los Angeles, CA. The jumps were made with Jim Wallace and
two photographers. Jim is the most experienced jumper with
the current world record of more than 300 Accelerated Free
Fall hours from more than 20,000 jumps in the past 30 years
of his skydiving career.
Kashif Zafar has been in this sport for three years and
currently holds the USPA class C license. Kashif disclosed
that “several repairs to the flag were made in order
for it to hold still in the free fall with the gusting wind
of 140 miles per hour. The skydive Perris were amazed by
the quality of the flag material which survived the free
fall. Normal damage was done by the wind during the later
part of the free fall. Regardless of stiff ground winds
and unusual turbulence between 2500 to 1500 feet above ground
level, this team was determined to express their emotions
and attachment to Pakistan.”
Kashif exited from a twin-engine Gypsy 20 Twin Otter turboprop
plane traveling at 120 mph at an altitude of 13,000 feet.
The jump was made in the company of 3 divers, two of whom
had cameras attached to their helmets. “It was an
honor indeed to raise the Pakistani flag as a gift to a
greatest nation in the world on its Independence Day,”
said Kashif Zafar. Several hundred people witnessed the
event.
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