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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Warren Manger

Paralysed women hopes to take to the sky in first zero-gravity flight with disabled crew

She can’t walk unaided, but gritty Claire Lomas can ski, ride a motorbike, has tackled marathons... and can now fly.

For paralysed Claire has taken to the skies in a microlight after getting her pilot’s licence. But the sky isn't the limit.

She has applied to join one of the first zero-gravity flights with a disabled crew. If successful, she will experience weightlessness in a free-falling plane dubbed the “Vomit Comet”.

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