Record-breaking 102-year-old skydiver shares secrets to longevity: ‘Don’t forget to party’

This 102-year-old daredevil is taking birthdays to new heights.

Manette Baillie, from Suffolk, England, celebrated another year of a life well-lived by jumping out of a plane — and raising over $13,000 (£10,000) for her favorite charities throughout the UK.

Baillie, a former World War II cadet with the Women’s Royal Naval Service, is no stranger to taking risks: On her 100th birthday, she raced a Ferarri at the official track of the British Grand Prix, reaching 130 miles per hour.

“You must always look for something new,” she told reporters on Sunday while gathered for her high-flying feat. “I was once married to a paratrooper but have never done [a sky-dive] myself.”

She decided that skydiving would be her next big move when a friend shared that her 85-year-old father had recently completed his first jump. “If an 85-year-old man can do it, so can I,” Baillie said.

Baillie told BBC Radio Suffolk she’s grateful to be in such good shape for her age. “I’ve been so lucky to be fit and well that I’ve got to do something with it, that’s really the back of it,” she said. “I can’t just waste it, other people are crippled with arthritis and I’m not.”