Hair raising...Gran, 81, loses her wig on birthday wing walk

A GRANDMOTHER celebrated her birthday with a wing-walk – and lost her wig in mid-air.

Beverly Jenkins, who turns 82 on September 7, had a blast but in the middle of the experience her wig flew off and vanished in a field below.

Beverly, of Warminster, Wilts, described the flight on a Boeing Steadman bi-plane at Rencomb airfield near Cirencester, Glos, as “brilliant”.

She said: “They did ask me before I set off if I wanted to wear a cap. But I told them that I had had the wig for around 18 months now, and it was very well-fitted, and I couldn’t imagine it would blow off.

“I thought it had gone directly down into the pilot’s cabin, so I thought I could get it back once we were on the ground. Luckily, I have another one exactly the same.”

Beverly said: “I could have stayed up there all day. I wasn’t scared at all – it was wonderful. The worst part of it was actually

Beverly safely back on the ground after the flight. ‘I could have stayed up there all day,’ she said

climbing up on to the wing. If I was four or five inches taller, it would have been fine.

“But I couldn’t quite reach the handles to pull myself up. I really had to push myself.

“But once the plane took off, it just went ‘zoom’, straight up. It was a lovely experience.”

Beverly, who has dedicated her life to charity – including 23 visits to Egypt to help impoverished families – hopes to raise £1,000 from the wing-walk for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance.