A thrill seeking grandad has celebrated his 90th birthday by taking to the air and skydiving from 15,000 feet. Stunning footage captured former paratrooper Frank Ward's descent down to Earth, which he described as both "absolutely magnificent” and “terrifying” at the same time.
The retired marketing manager who previously took the plunge while in the parachute regiment 70 years ago, tandem-jumped with another ex-military serviceman last week. His aerial heroics also raised over £2,000 for charity, which he will donate to the nursing home where his wife Margaret, 81, has spent the last 18 months.
Frank insisted he wasn’t “nervous” prior to the jump but did worry that his heart would be “working overtime” during the extremely rapid free-fall. He said: “The drop was absolutely magnificent.
