GANSEVOORT, N.Y. -- Eleanor Cunningham of Howes Cave, New York, celebrated her 100th birthday by skydiving.

Cunningham kissed her 7-month-old great-great-granddaughter before suiting up for her 100th birthday jump Saturday at Saratoga Skydiving in Gansevoort. It was her third jump, after taking up the sport at age 90.

"Now that I'm here, I guess I'll have to go," Cunningham said, drawing laughter from the large group of family members who came to see her jump, the Albany Times Union reported.

Cunningham lives with her granddaughter in their Schoharie County home in central New York. Her doctor signed off on the skydiving expedition, saying her health makes her more than capable of doing what she loves.

Dean McDonald of Saratoga Skydiving says Cunningham was his oldest jump partner yet.