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Old Age Pilot is flying high at 80

Daily Express

October 11, 2025

Sky is the limit for care home resident

- By Chris Riches

On top of the world... Chris Riggs in the Robin DR400 plane

AN elderly former pilot and care home resident has taken to the skies once again, some 20 years after last flying a plane.

Chris Riggs, 80, got behind the controls of a Robin DR400 aircraft and soared into the air as a part of a Care UK day out.

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