British acrobat, 94, flies over Gibraltar tied to the top of a plane
Monday, October 13, 2014 @ 11:02 AM
A BRITISH acrobat aged 94 spent 25 minutes tied to a biplane doing a 'loop-the-loop' across Gibraltar on Saturday.
Tomn Lackey, a retired builder, first did this several years ago to raise funds following the death of his wife, and it has become an unlikely hobby.
Smiling and apparently completely calm, Tom was seen harnessed to the wing on top of a Boeing Stearman in a standing position as the craft crossed Gibraltarian airspace twice and carried out a number of somersaults en route.
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