Vienna: Austria's president was in free fall and no, it was not about a loss in popularity.
President Heinz Fischer's office has released a video of the 73-year-old head of state jumping in tandem from a military helicopter and dangling from a parachute after what his office says was a 50-second free fall before safely
touching down.
The jump took place in September during a military exercise, and Fischer, the commander-in-chief of Austria's military clearly enjoyed it.
"My view of Austria from 3,800 meters (nearly 12,500 feet) took my breath away and our soldiers ... are really great guys," he told today's edition of the weekly News.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 22:24