Shital Mahajan - Skydiver / Parachute Jumper

Shital is a currently only Indian civilian woman professional Skydiver or Parachute Jumper. She has represented India in skydiving Camps and Championships and World record attempts since 2004. Shital has done 5 jumps Basic skydiving course with Indian Air Force in December 2007.
Ms Mahajan has done 780 Parachute jumps till 1 November 2023. Most of them are from above 13500ft, few of them from 18,000ft with oxygen, one skydive from 30,500 ft with oxygen mask and from 8 different types of aircrafts, and different places like North Pole Arctic and Antarctica, South Pole and all 7 Continents 1. Antarctica, 2. Australia, 3. Asia, 4. Africa, 5. Europe, 6. North America, 7. South America.
Ms. Mahajan has Accomplished United States Parachuting Association parachuting license A, B, C, D and Coach rating and National and Regional Accuracy Judge Ratings, National and Regional Formation Skydiving Judge Rating.

Achievements - 18 National and 6 World Records

World Records

• First woman in the World to perform First Parachute jump of life without any practice over Geographic North Pole Arctic Circle in a freezing temperature of minus 37 Degree Celsius from a height of 2400 feet from a Mi 8 Helicopter on 18th April 2004.
• First woman in the World to perform First Accelerated Free Fall Parachute Jump of life over the White Continent of Antarctica South Pole in a freezing temperature of minus 38 Degree Celsius from height of 11600 feet from a Twin Otter aircraft on 15th December 2006.
• Worlds Only Woman who has executed Parachute jumps without any training over both the Poles of the Earth North Pole Arctic and White Continent of Antarctica South Pole without any practice.
• Shital Mahajan was the team leader of First Team ever to perform Accelerated Free Fall Parachute Jump over the White Continent of Antarctica South Pole in a freezing temperature minus 38 Degree Celsius from height of 11600 feet from a Twin Otter aircraft on 15th December 2006.
• Largest group skydiving 89 Indian civilians performed Tandem skydiving in a single day over the foreign land at Empuriabrava Spain. Shital was an organizer of this feat.
• Worlds Only Woman who has performed skydiving over both the Poles of the Earth, North Pole and Antarctica, South Pole and over all 7 Continents 1. Antarctica, 2. Australia, 3. Asia, 4. Africa, 5. Europe, 6. North America, 7. South America, on 22 February 2017.

National Records

• First Indian woman to perform first or maiden parachute jump of her life without any practice over Geographic North Pole.
• First Indian woman to perform First Accelerated Free Fall Parachute Jump of her life over the White Continent of Antarctica South Pole.
• First Indian woman who has executed Parachute jumps without any training over both the Poles of the Earth North Pole - Arctic and White Continent of Antarctica South Pole.
• Youngest Indian to skydive on both poles without any practice. However earlier all who skydived on North and South Pole Shital was youngest among all of them. Those skydivers were highly experienced in skydiving sport. Shital was the novice when she performed parachute jumps on both poles.
• First Team ever to perform Accelerated Free Fall Parachute Jump over the White Continent of Antarctica - South Pole successfully in a freezing temperature minus 38ºC from height of 11,600 feet from a Twin Otter aircraft on 15th Dec 2006.
• First Indian wedding carried out in the air at 600 feet high in a hot air balloon on 19th April 2008.
• First Indian Civilian woman to perform Wing Suit Jump on 19th September 2010 from 13000ft in Spain.
• First Indian Civilian Woman to do parachute jump from Hot Air Balloon from highest altitude of 5800 ft in at Skydive Arizona on 23 rd October 2011. All Indian woman who have done parachute jump from hot air balloon they have performed it below 5500ft.
• First Indian civilian skydiving couple, Vaibhav Rane and Shital Mahajan, both holding skydiving licenses, from United States Parachuting Association.
• First Indian Civilian Woman Skydiving Coach.
• First Indian woman to participate in 75-way skydiving formation in air at 12000 ft in USA at skydive Perris from 6 to 9 September 2012.
• First Indian to Skydive with Birthday Greeting Card. Shital have had wished Maharashtras one well known Member of Parliament on his birthday on 12-12-13 with skydiving greeting card from 11,000 ft. This was a first of its kind birthday wish has done in India in air.
• Largest group skydiving - 89 Indian civilians performed Tandem skydiving in a single day over the foreign land, At Empuriabrava- Spain on 25 August 2014. Shital was organiser of this feat.
• Highest number of simultaneous Tandem skydiving 35 done in one hour by largest group of Indians over the foreign land at Empuriabrava- Spain on 25 August 2014. Shital was organizer of that feat.
• First Indian Woman to Skydive on 7 Continents 1. Antarctica, 2. Australia, 3. Asia, 4. Africa, 5. Europe, 6. North America, 7. South America, on 22 February 2017 Shital has completed skydiving over all 7 Continents. It took 10 Years 2 months 6 days to complete this feat.
• First Indian Ciivillian Woman to perform maximum number of Parachute Jumps Until 20 February 2018 shital has performed 740 Parachute jumps.
• First Indian Civilian Woman to perform HALO jump High Altitude Low Opening skydiving jump from 30,500 Ft AGL on 20 May 2017 at California USA.
• First Indian Civilian Woman to perform parachute jump wearing (Indian woman identity Dress a “SARRI”) Indian “SARRI”, from 13,000 Ft on 12 February 2018 at Pattaya, Thailand.