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couple have held their wedding ceremony strapped to the wings of a biplane
A couple have held their wedding ceremony strapped to the wings of
a biplane.
Caroline Hackwood and Justin Bunn, and a Methodist minister, the Rev
George Brigham, took to the skies in three 1940s biplanes.
As they flew side by side in the special service over Rendcomb airfield
near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, their vows were relayed by microphones
to their wedding party on the ground.
Caroline, 27, screamed "I do" as Mr Brigham shouted the vows
over loudspeakers from his aircraft.
The couple's 75 wedding guests on the ground clapped and cheered as
the lovebirds tied the knot at an altitude of 1,000 feet. The couple
had to marry officially in a register office ceremony the night before
as, by law, the ceremony has to take place within four walls.
After the flying start to their marriage Caroline from Newport, South
Wales, said: "It was excellent. I'm feeling tired now but taking
the marriage vows was the most scary bit.
"I had to talk him into it as I've always wanted to wing walk."
Camelot sales executive Justin, 27 who was wearing a purple silk jacket
and gold silk waistcoat, said: "We are ecstatic. I don't know how
we're going to top this but I'm sure we're going to find a few things
to spice up our lives."
Mr Brigham, a Methodist minister from Teddington, West London, said
he decided to take part because of his passion for aviation.
He added: "Some people choose special music at their wedding.
This couple chose a special setting, but I'm just glad they decided
to have a Christian wedding. I think it was a fitting service. I had
some concerns initially but I see they have taken the whole thing seriously
even if it is a different way of doing it."
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