PHILLIP'S MUM GOES LOOPY

Phillip Schofield wells up with pride as his 81-year-old mum Pat is strapped to the outside of a plane for a wing-walk on This Morning

Pat is the oldest woman in the country to do the loop-the-loop

elaine mccahill

Published: 12:02, 19 Jun 2017
Updated: 8:11, 20 Jun 2017

PHILLIP Schofield welled up with pride as he watched a video of his 81-year-old mum Pat being strapped to the outside of a plane for a wing-walk.

The This Morning host did the same challenge last year to mark the anniversary of .

Phillip Schofield welled up with pride as he watched his 81-year-old mum get strapped to a plane for a wing-walk — Phillip Schofield welled up with pride as he watched his 81-year-old mum get strapped to a plane for a wing-walkCredit: ITV

Pat became the oldest lady in the country to do the loop-the-loop while strapped to the outside of a plane — Pat became the oldest lady in the country to do the loop-the-loop while strapped to the outside of a planeCredit: ITV

Pat had no fear as she was strapped to the outside of a plane at 6,000 ft — Pat had no fear as she was strapped to the outside of a plane at 6,000 ftCredit: ITV

His mum was jealous of her son's adventures and so Phil got her to take on the challenge for her 81st birthday.

Pat had no fear as she was strapped to the top of the yellow plane and then flown around as Phillip looked on from below.

But one spin wasn't enough for Pat and she went back up a second time to take on the loop-the-loop, becoming the oldest woman in the UK to do it.

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After watching the video, Phillip got a little teary eyed as Holly excitedly said: "That's your mum! When I grow up I want to be like her".

Viewers at home were loving the feel-good segment and took to Twitter to congratulate Phil's mum.

One wrote: "Aww how amazing is @Schofe mum ❤ brave lady to even get on top of the plane never mind doing the loop 😲 well done ❤ @thismorning".

Another said: "#ThisMorning @thismorning how nice seeing @Schofe mum wing walking what an amazing lady!".

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