Talk about marriage plans being up in the air!!!
A daredevil couple are celebrating after getting
hitched 1,000 feet in the air - on the wings of
two planes.
Darren McWalters, 24, was strapped to the top wing
of a biplane while his 23-year-old bride Katie Hodgson,
wearing a traditional dress, flew alongside on the
wing of an identical plane.
Rev George Bringham flew ahead on the wings of a third
aircraft and married the couple - over an airborne
communications system - with proceedings played through
loud speakers to the congregation below.
None of the three had ever done any wing-walking before.
The ceremony, which was delayed twice due to bad weather,
took place above RFC Rendcomb Airfield, near Cirencester,
Gloucestershire. (England)
Mr McWalters, a fitness instructor, said: "We got engaged
in the Brazilian rainforest and I wanted a wedding
blessing that would top my proposal.
"It was unbelievable. Looking down and seeing my family
and friends below was just incredible. I'm lost for words."
His wife, a postwoman, said when she was a young girl she
never imagined she would wed on the wings of a plane:
"As I got older I became more adventurous. I bring
the adventurous side out of Darren - he used to be
scared of heights."
Rev Bringham, 67, said: "It's certainly the most
unusual wedding I've ever done. The only hairy
moment was when I thought my goggles were about to come off."
Formation wingwalkers Team Guinot flew the couple
1,000 feet in the air for the ceremony.
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