Mary Poppins: Skydiver Uses Umbrella For a Parachute [Video]

Mary Poppins was a true role model for many of us: nannies, people who love big bags, those of us who enjoy spoonfuls of sugar and — mainly — skydivers.

Because, to those skydivers, Poppins was truly the only person to defy gravity with such style.

Extreme athlete Erik Roner paid homage to the original Supernanny by jumping out of a plane using an umbrella as his makeshift parachute. Granted, no one is as gangster as Mary, so Roner’s umbrella broke midway down, forcing him to trigger his back-up parachute.

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