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Now, skydive from 10,000 feet in Maharashtra's Baramati

Pune: It's known for its grapes and dairy products. Now, Baramati in Maharashtra has acquired another distinction, being the place from where one can skydive from a light aircraft from a height of 4,000-10,000 feet.Ace



The accelerated free fall will see students jumping from over 10,000 feet with the help of two instructors who will teach the students "how to fly the body in the air" and then open the parachute at 5,500 feet.

"I am trying to popularise and make this sport affordable in India as many go to Europe to experience the thrill," said Mahajan, 30, a mother of two children and settled in Finland with her husband Vaibhav Rane, who works for mobile giant Nokia.

On selecting Baramati for launching skydiving, she said that it had a proper airport from where small planes can take off and conduct sorties, besides which there are no natural or manmade obstructions within a five-km radius.

With the support of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Mahajan said that similar camps will be organised in Latur, Jalgaon, Solapur and later Kolhapur.

Mahajan and her husband made the headlines in 2008 when they had entered into wedlock in a huge hot air balloon, accompanied by a Hindu priest and her father, 600 feet above Pune.