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ON A WING & A PRAYER

SHE needs a walker to get around, battles arthritis in her neck and spine and admits to finding some of the things she used to enjoy, like horseriding, a challenge these days.

But there’s one thing that gives Betty Bromage wings – quite literally.

At the age of 93 there’s little she enjoys more than standing on the wing of a small aircraft as it loops and twirls through the air some 300m above the ground.

“It’s exhilarating to be up there with the wind in my face, hitting speeds of 140 miles per hour [225km],” she says. “The wind blows your cheeks in and out – you never know, I might come

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