John Weston, from Groby, was strapped to the upper wing of a 1942 Boeing-Stearman biplane and flown 500ft (152m) into the air for 15 minut...
John Weston, from Groby, was strapped to the upper wing of a 1942 Boeing-Stearman biplane and flown 500ft (152m) into the air for 15 minutes.
Mr Weston, a rear gunner on a Lancaster Bomber in World War Two, was raising money for the Alzheimer's Society after his wife's death. The event took place at Wickenby Aerodrome, in Lincolnshire.
John looked impressively chilled before his flight.
Here he is casually waving, as if he were doing nothing more dramatic than driving down to the local shops.
"It's windy up there!" Weston told the BBC, after his feet were firmly back on the ground.
After losing his wife, Weston wanted to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society.
"For three years [my wife] was reasonably active, then she got very poorly and for the last eight months it was cruel to see her," he said. "She'd lost the use of her arms, legs, speech and couldn't swallow."
Weston's flight took place in Lincolnshire, UK, at Wickenby Aerodrome, and he raised an undisclosed sum for the charity.
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