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A 94-year-old grandfather set a world record on Thursday by becoming the first person to wingwalk from Land’s End to the Isles of Scilly.

Tom Lackey successfully completed the 26 miles on his 94th birthday.

The nonagenarian daredevil, who is wheelchair bound, was lifted on top of the plane by a cherry picker for the 40 minute crossing, flying at 1,500ft and reaching speeds of 90mph.

Lackey took to the skies at 12pm from Land’s End runway and received warm send-off from the children at a local primary school.

“It was a rather refreshing flight I have to say," Lackey told local media after breaking the record.

Lackey currently holds four other Guinness World Records: the oldest man to do a loop-the-loop on the wing of an aircraft, when he was 86; the oldest man to cross from Dover to Calais and back on the wing of an aircraft, aged 93 and the oldest man to cross the Irish Sea.

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