British daredevil Tom Lackey has become the world’s oldest wing-walker on a flight over the Irish Sea.
The fearless 93-year-old from Shirley, near Solihull, West Midlands, broke his own record after landing safely in Derry following a nerve-racking one-hour-21-minute journey yesterday morning.
A clearly relieved Mr Lackey said he was ‘glad to be down’ after landing but said the flight was ‘rather refreshing’.
‘It was a very powerful aircraft and the noise was quite terrific because of the engine and the wind,’ he explained.
‘I could see lots of sheep, lots of cows and little vehicles moving about like toys.’
He added: ‘It was scary at times but it’s over with now and I have broken my own record.
‘I have been doing it for a long time and the pilot was quite prepared to bring me down at any stage but thankfully he didn’t have to.’
Mr Lackey completed his first wing walk 13 years ago after the death of his wife, Isobel who had served in the Royal Air Force.
He entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2005 at the age of 85 as the oldest person on top of an aircraft that looped the loop.
