82-year-old Teresa Dykes completes her second wing walk for Youth at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church at RFC Rendcomb Aerodrome

An 82-year-old daredevil has completed her second wing walk in seven years to raise money for a local youth organisation, even completing a loop the loop as part of her charitable challenge.

Teresa Dykes, of Rupert Road in Newbury, completed the thrilling wing walk on a biplane at the RFC Rendcomb Aerodrome in Cirencester on Tuesday (May 7).

The small orange and black plane, which had Mrs Dykes standing on top of it, took off at 1.30pm and was up for a full 15 minutes before it came back to land.

In that time she got to a height of 2,000 feet, reached speeds of 150mph, completed a loop the loop and a barrel roll.

Mrs Dykes said: “The trickiest bit is facing into the wind at 150mph.

“When the plane got to altitude at 2,000 feet, I placed all of our young people and their families in the love of God, asking that they will all discover how much he loves them, that they will be inspired to come to the youth festival. Then came the loop the loop!”

Mrs Dykes, who is known by many in her church as their very own Mother Teresa, took on the challenge to raise funds for Youth at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church and the local parishes of Newbury, Thatcham, Hungerford and Pangbourne.

Before completing the wing walk on Tuesday she said: “Our Catholic youth are in dire need of your help to support them in exploring their faith, together.

“A few years ago, for my 75th birthday, I did a wing walk. This time I'm doing it again, hopefully with loop-the-loops, to raise awareness and much needed funds for our youth.

“This will mean that they can go on days out together, and pay for some of them to go to a youth festival where they can experience their living faith with tens of thousands of other young people.”

Mrs Dykes has now raised more than £3,500 from her daredevil antics.

To donate to her fundraiser, visit her JustGiving page at http://rb.gy/hk6p0v