Stacey Preston- Wing Walk

“I chose to complete a wing walk for the OPA charity in memory of my dad, Nick Preston. I chose a wing walk because of the love of planes that me and my dad shared (however this does not mean that i was not extremely nervous lol). We had been to many air shows together along with my mom and sister and watched many wing walks so I wanted to do something different and relevant to raise money for the charity in memory of my dad.

The wing walk itself was absolutely amazing, from start to finish. I was shown a safety briefing to start with, explaining how to get on the aircraft, any hand signals to communicate with the pilot so he could check whether I was okay up there or not. I had a discussion with my pilot beforehand who asked how intense I wanted the wing walk to be and I of course asked for it to be the most adrenaline based flight possible. When actually in the air it was absolutely freezing as it was very windy however I can’t believe how safe I felt the whole time, it was so much fun I didn’t want to come down. We reached a height of around 400ft and around 150mph.”