Taking the plunge Moira Campbell and Lucy Francis go over the edge for Aircraft Circus |
The Aircraft Circus training school got their name on the television news in the old fashioned way over Easter, with a free show in the form of a daredevil leap off the 375-ft-tall Orbit sculpture at the opening to the public of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - the former site of the Olympics in East London. Appropriately, this picture was taken by Olympic athlete Tom Daley!
And to give you an idea of the height, here's one of the riggers looking over the edge:
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