A 65-year-old woman took to the skies for a wing walk in tribute to her late husband. 

Rosie Browse bought crucial cancer-treating equipment for a doctors surgery with money she raised through the sponsored wing walk.

She completed her high-flying challenge on the birthday of her late husband, Ian, who died from throat cancer in 2011.

Mrs Browse, of Lower Howsell Road, Malvern paid tribute to her husband by throwing rose petals into the sky while strapped to the plane, on Wednesday, May 24.

"I know they [New Court Surgery] need the equipment. They have got extras now. No one should have to wait for equipment," she said.

"The wing walk was absolutely amazing. Throwing the rose petals was quite choking because they were dedicated to my late husband on his birthday. He always gave me red roses.

"It was a way of saying I have done something towards helping others. It was a mix of emotions."

She added that she chose a rose as the logo of her cancer organisation, the Garnett Ian Browse Support Group, due to her special attachment to the flower.

Mrs Browse asked friends, relatives and neighbours to back her challenge, raising £2,295 in donations.

She bought £1,715.29 worth of cancer equipment for the surgery after asking doctors to tell her what they needed.

The rest of the money will be spent on extra items, according to Mrs Browse.

"I'm asthmatic and some of the equipment they didn't have if I needed it," she said.

"Nebulisers is one of the main items people need because if you have throat cancer what happens is you get a build-up of whatever it is.

"If you can't breathe you can't eat very well. It helps to clear a lot of the congestion."

Mrs Browse added she was not scared during the wing walk, despite travelling at speeds of up to 100-miles-per hour.

She is now considering taking part in a sponsored skydive to raise further funds.

She handed the kit over to New Court Surgery, on Tuesday, August 15.

The retiree has bought two spirometers, a couple of CO2 monitors, a pair of choicemmeds, two finger grip pulse meters and a nebuliser for New Court Surgery.