Woman, 99, becomes world's oldest wing walker
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Helga Duffy, 99, became the world's oldest wing-walker after strapping to the top of a small plane at Rendcomb Airfield in Gloucestershire, England, breaking the record set just three months earlier by a 97-year-old.
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