Military veteran Spike Milligan, 81, in 14,000ft charity skydive
- last year
A military veteran and self-confessed “adrenaline junkie” has completed a skydive from 14,000ft – at the age of 81.
Daring Tony ‘Spike’ Milligan, who last jumped out of a plane over 35 years ago, said his only complaint with the death-defying leap was it finished "too quickly”.
The ex-Royal Artillery sergeant instructor, who served in Libya, Indonesia, Borneo and Germany, was "fired" during trials for the parachute regiment due to his bad eyesight.
But that didn’t stop the extreme sports fan from taking to the skies after his 12-year service career ended, as he went on to make 61 jumps with a commercial company.
Spike, who completed his hair-raising descent on Saturday (8/4) to raise money for an armed forces charity, said it felt “magic” to dive out of an aircraft once again.
He said: “I was a little bit apprehensive as I haven’t jumped from that level before - if you weren’t you’d be some kind of idiot.
“But when the plane doors opened it was magic. Then when we went out, we did a barrow roll, and you could see the plane going away.
“It was a great experience and over too quickly.”
Daring Tony ‘Spike’ Milligan, who last jumped out of a plane over 35 years ago, said his only complaint with the death-defying leap was it finished "too quickly”.
The ex-Royal Artillery sergeant instructor, who served in Libya, Indonesia, Borneo and Germany, was "fired" during trials for the parachute regiment due to his bad eyesight.
But that didn’t stop the extreme sports fan from taking to the skies after his 12-year service career ended, as he went on to make 61 jumps with a commercial company.
Spike, who completed his hair-raising descent on Saturday (8/4) to raise money for an armed forces charity, said it felt “magic” to dive out of an aircraft once again.
He said: “I was a little bit apprehensive as I haven’t jumped from that level before - if you weren’t you’d be some kind of idiot.
“But when the plane doors opened it was magic. Then when we went out, we did a barrow roll, and you could see the plane going away.
“It was a great experience and over too quickly.”