On the wings of love: Couple tie the knot in daring wing-walking wedding

Groom Darren McWalters, 24, stood on the top wing of a biplane while his bride Katie Hodgson, 23, flew along side on the wing of an identical aircraft - dressed in full bridal gown.

Rev George Bringham flew ahead of the couple on the wings of a third aircraft and brought the Lancashire couple together in holy matrimony over an airborne communications system.

Darren and Katie McWalters, 24 and 23, exchanged their vows on the ground before performing a wing walk dressed in full wedding dress

Vicar George Brigham conducts the marriage ceremony over Gloucestershire 100ft above the ground

The ceremony was played through loud speakers throughout RFC Rendcomb Airfield, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, to the congregation waiting on the ground below.

Jets of white smoke fired from the back of the aeroplane as the couple exchanged their vows in mid-air.

Heavy winds and rain cut the flight short and the couple, from Leyland, were rushed inside.

Fitness Instructor Mr McWalters said: 'We got engaged in the Brazilian rain forest and I wanted a wedding blessing that would top my proposal.

'It was unbelievable. Looking down and seeing my family and friends below was just incredible.I'm lost for words.'

Postwoman Ms Hodgson said when she was a young girl she never imagined she would wed on the wings of a plane.

The wedding vows were played through loud speakers throughout RFC Rendcomb Airfield, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, to the congregation waiting on the ground below

She said: 'As I got older I became more adventurous. I bring the adventurous side out of Darren - he used to be scared of heights.'

Fearless Rev Bringham, 67, who works around Shipley, near Bradford, said he was not scared in the slightest by the experience.

He said: 'I did this before, about eight years ago. It's certainly the most unusual wedding I've ever done.

'The only hairy moment was when I thought my goggles were about to come off.'

Formation wingwalkers Team Guinot flew the couple 1,000 feet in the air for the ceremony.

The couple exchanged rings inside the reception hall at the airbase before sitting down for a private dinner and party.

The couple exchanged their vows on the ground before performing a dangerous Vicar Peter Quinnell blessed the wedding from the top-wing of a third identical bi-plane

Back on solid ground, the couple made a flying start to married life