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The Independent
  • 2/5/2024
102-year-old former RAF Pilot takes to the skies in iconic SpitfirePA
Transcript
00:00 [Music]
00:18 I was offered a flight and I seized it with both hands.
00:25 Well, I have no doubt it will be every bit as pleasurable as I anticipated.
00:35 [Music]
00:47 [Music]
01:00 It's absolutely delightful. Very bumpy, very bumpy.
01:05 What are you going to do now?
01:06 Oh, I haven't thought as far as that.
01:09 But I guess a fish of a beverage of some sort might come in.

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