A 76-year-old RAF veteran from St Austell will be taking on a daring fundraising challenge to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund and Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust on Monday, August 19 - the original wingwalk, planned for August 6, was postponed for technical reasons.
David ‘Terry’ Earl will be raising money for the two charities by wing walking – a stunt that involves standing on the wings of a plane during flight – at approximately 2pm on Tuesday at Bodmin Airfield in Cardinham.
David spent 27 years in the RAF, starting out as a cadet at in 1961 and retiring as a Wing Commander in 1988. Clocking up a total of 9,000 flying hours while serving, he flew Shackletons and Nimrods and commanded No. 201 Squadron 1983-1985.
This will be David’s first time wing walking and his first time fundraising at this scale for either of the two charities.