Reading the title “Nine-Year-Old Wingwalkers” the first
thing that went through my head was wondering where in there mothers were. That
is a terrifyingly daring stunt and I could not imagine letting my child go up
on the wing of a plane. Reading more, I learned about cousins from Britain, Flame and Rose. They are the grandchildren of Vic Norman who owns the Breitling Wingwalkers. The cousins were aiming to be the youngest formation wing walkers for Guinness Book of World Records. Unfortunately they weren't able to run for youngest wing walkers altogether because Flame's older brother Tiger, claimed that in 2009 at the age of 8 (Pretty cool names by the way).
The girls stood atop their grandfather's Boeing Stearman biplanes all strapped in at 500ft. The girls both reported being pretty scared and screaming but having an awesome experience seeing everything below.
What makes this story even better is that they were raising money for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in honor of their 6 year old friend who suffers from it. I definitely look up to these girls because that takes a lot of bravery and selflessness.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/youngest-formation-wing-walkers-9-years-old_n_3796931.html
No comments:
Post a Comment