Tiger breaks 'wing-walking' record
Updated on 19 August 2009
An eight-year-old boy becomes the youngest person in the world to "wing-walk" on top of his grandfather's biplane.
Tiger Brewer broke the world record flying at 100mph, one thousand feet over Rendcomb Airfield in Gloucestershire.
The eight-year-old managed the death-defying feat on the wing of his grandad's biplane - Vic Norman owns the SuperAeroBatics formation wing-walking team.
Speaking between mouthfuls of Wotsits afterwards, Tiger said:
"On take-off I was scared. From one to ten it was probably a nine, but when I was in the air it was probably a five.
"It felt amazing, like I was on top of the world.
"It was cold and windy but it can't be beat.
"You don't have a parachute, just a pair of goggles."
And proud dad Colin, who has legally changed his name to Happy Birthday, said:
"I wasn't scared for him physically, just emotionally.
He was nervous and although he acts like a big man he is only eight.
"But he just kept repeating his mantra 'go away fear' and he did it.
"We are immensely proud of him. He wanted to do this for years but wasn't tall enough."
The previous best was held by Guy Mason, son of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, who first wing-walked in 2001 aged eleven.
