[WATCH] Great-grandfather skydives to mark his 100th birthday

By BBC Online
12 April 2016, 12:47 PM
UPDATED 12 April 2016, 18:56 PM
A great-grandfather from Somerset is thought to have become the UK's oldest skydiver after celebrating his 100th birthday with a 10,000ft (3,000m) jump.

A great-grandfather from Somerset is thought to have become the UK's oldest skydiver after celebrating his 100th birthday with a 10,000ft (3,000m) jump.

Verdun Hayes, from Somerton, made the jump at Dunkeswell Airfield near Honiton, Devon, to raise money for the North Devon Hospice.