While most people may think adventure sports are for the young, a nonagenarian has proved otherwise.
Yes, instead of boarding an aircraft, Ivor Button took to the skies strapped on a pole on top of a biplane.
Flying for one hour and 21 minutes across the Irish Sea, Button soared to the sky quite literally from Staverton Airport in Gloucestershire.
When it comes to flights, Button is no stranger in the field as he worked as a design engineer and joined the ground crew at Staverton Airport during wartime.
“There was a navigational training school there then and I asked the pilot if I could come on one of their practice runs.
Talking to the Express, UK, the senior man said he got fascinated by flying at the young age of six in 1932 when his parents took him to Sir Alan Cobham’s Flying Circus, which gave many people their first taste of air travel.
The elderly man took on the mission to support a cause close to his heart and raise money for charity for a non-profit Ataxia UK.
“I am raising money for Ataxia UK because some of family and a three year old I know suffer from this,” his Just Giving donation page read.