AN intrepid pensioner has completed a tandem parachute jump.
Ken Russell, 81, of Henwick Road, Worcester, leapt from an aeroplane at 14,000ft in a bid to get an “adrenaline fix”.
The adventurous octogenarian completed the jump, which featured a 4,000ft freefall at 120mph, at an airbase in Salisbury, Wiltshire, earlier this summer.
He said: “It was really exciting and gave me a real adrenaline rush.
“Nobody can ever envisage what it’s like to just drop out of a plane before taking on a challenge like this - it was a great experience.
“It is something I’d never done before and I wanted to do it before it’s too late.
“Things like this keep you young and I am not an old man in outlook.”
Mr Russell, a former master gilder at Royal Worcester, is not stopping there with his adventurous pursuits.
He has plans to experience loop-the-loops and barrel rolls on a stunt aeroplane and to ride in a racing car.
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