Posted on 08/05/2008 10:56:44 PM PDT by rawhide
LONDON — It was Katie and Darren's wedding day and they were in the clouds — strapped to the top of biplanes reciting vows 1,000 feet above the earth.
Katie Hodgson, 23, took to the skies Tuesday in a full bridal gown on the top wing of red-and-white plane operated by Team Guinot, a group of stunt pilots. Groom Darren McWalters, 24, flew by her side on an identical plane, while the Rev. George Bringham — flying ahead of the couple — married them over an airborne communications system.
Sky News television footage of the ceremony showed the bride's dressed fluttering wildly in foul weather as the three shouted to make themselves heard over the din of the aircraft.
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Vicar George Bringham (in lead plane) conducts the marriage ceremony of Darren McWalters (left) and Katie Hodgson as they fly over the English countryside Tuesday.
Vicar George Bringham (center) poses with Katie Hodgson and Darren McWalters after conducting their airborne wedding ceremony.
Very lovely looking couple. I wish them all the best.
Wierd=Weird in title.
They seem happy so the best of luck to those 2. They had fun. Way better than that “wife” I woke up to in Vegas of which I can’t recall marrying the night before..
Awesome! I hope they have lots of kids!!
Looks like some heckuva fun! The priest on the middle plane... LOL, beats them by miles.
Don't feel bad. I woke up in the backseat of my girlfriends' pickup truck outside a Mexican bar in my lost youth with one shoe on and my jacket zipped up the back. Evidently I had gotten a little out of hand.... Didn't get married, tho!
If they live long enough to have grandkids, they’ll get a kick out of this.
Nowhere to go but down.
I wonder if they can be considered for the mile high club?
I don’t even wanna KNOW how they spent their honeymoon!
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