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Summary Peggy McAlpine leaped into the sky aged 104 to become world's oldest paraglider.
A daredevil centenarian has become the oldest person to take part in paragliding after taking to the sky aged 104.Peggy McAlpine, who has two children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, leapt from a 2,400ft peak in northern Cyprus.She is now about to enter the Guinness Book of Records for the second time in five years as the oldest person to take part in the sport.Mrs McAlpine only took to the skies because the same record she set five years ago was broken by a 101-year-old American.She told the Sunday Express: I enjoyed every minute of it. It was better than the last time. I would certainly like to do it again - especially if anyone takes my record.The Stirling-born daredevils exploit was recorded on video and posted on YouTube. Following the incredible tandem leap Mrs McAlpine celebrated with a glass of Champagne.Mrs McAlpine, who uses wheelchair, is now awaiting for the record to be confirmed by Guinness Book officials.The latest record attempt - to reclaim the title taken by 101-year-old Mary Allen Hardison, from Utah, back in September - took place on April 14 on the Kyrenia mountain range next to St Hilarion castle.Peggy said she loved heights from a young age and recalled her first time on an aeroplane was as the passenger of aviation pioneer Sir Alan Cobham in the late 1920s.
