Tom, 93, flies into record books

A 93-year-old widower has broken his own record to become the world’s oldest wing walker.

Tom, 93, flies into record books

Daredevil Tom Lackey, who was first strapped to a plane’s wing when he was in his 80s, landed safely at City of Derry Airport after a one-hour-21-minute journey across the Irish Sea this morning.

“I am glad to be down. It was rather refreshing — very, very cold and very, very noisy.”

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