Retired nurse becomes oldest person to do the loop-the-loop as she wing walks at 97

Retired nurse becomes oldest person to do the loop-the-loop as she wing walks at 97 Betty Bromage, 97, undertook the daredevil challenge to raise money for the Cheltenham Gloucester Hospitals Charity when she performed an incredible loop-the-loop stunt A retired nurse has become the oldest person to do the loop-the-loop as she wing walks - at the age of 97. Betty Bromage smashed her own record for oldest wing walker in addition to the loop-the-loop when she undertook her latest daredevil challenge. The nonagenarian took to the skies from an airfield in Cirencester, in Gloucestershire, to raise money for charity. Betty is no stranger to daring stunts and previously earned the wing walker record at 93 years and 145 days old in 2022. Despite being a few years older, she made an epic comeback and bagged both titles on August 4 at the age of 97 and 123 days. Explaining how she became a thrillseeker, Betty said: "I saw [broadcaster] Ben Fogle helping some disabled people get up on to a mountain and I thought, ‘Well, I could do something different’. "I can walk, but I wasn’t able to walk for a long time." After Betty moved into shelter accommodation at the age of 87, she decided she had to do something to change her circumstances. She then decided to take up wing walking and she has gone on to do it several times to raise money for numerous charities. Her funds from the latest stunt went to the Cheltenham Gloucester Hospitals Charity. "They think I’m mad! It took a long time to talk my son and daughter-in-law round, but they’ve been with me every step of the way and encouraged me in what I’ve done," she said when asked about what her loved ones thought about her new hobby. "People say you’ll be here until 100. I don’t want to be here until 100, but if I am, I’ll be here doing another wing walk. After the pilot shared the idea of Betty going upside down during the flight, she was up for the challenge. She said: "I’ve done the loop-the-loop. It’s interesting going upside down and inside out and everything. You just have to have faith in your pilot. "I have to concentrate on the things I can do, not what I can’t do." Her charity mission is another thing that keeps her strong. She continued: "When I was very young, I was a nurse in a Barnardo home, and there was a sign above my bed that said, ‘We pass through this world but once, any good you can do, any kindness you can show, do it now, don’t defer or neglect it, you’ll never pass this way again’. "And I think that’s a very good way to think. You can live by that. If everybody lived by that it would be a better world. I was 18 and I remember it word for word. I forget what I did yesterday, but I remember that."