An 82-year-old former

An 82-year-old former army mechanic has fulfilled his lifelong wish to fly a plane.

Roger Mashall, a care home resident in Basingstoke, Hampshire, took to the skies after years of wanting to sit in the pilot's seat.

He joined the Army in 1956 as an apprentice mechanic and spent a short amount of time fixing aircraft.

Mr Mashall said the experience was "brilliant" and that he would do it all over again if he could.