EXETER, R.I. (WHDH) - After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s longest running international static line parachute event returned to Rhode Island on Saturday.
Paratroopers from the United Kingdom and New Zealand were among the countries represented at Leapfest in Exteter, Rhode Island.
According to the event’s website, teams consisting of four jumpers exited from a CH-47 helicopter at an altitude of 1,500 feet.
Participants aimed to land as close as possible to marked landing area and were timed by qualified judges.
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