Two nine-year-old British girls attempted to get into the Guinness Record for being the world’s youngest formation wing-walkers Wednesday.

The two cousins, Rose Powell and Flame Brewer, soared high into the sky strapped on to two classic Boeing Stearman biplanes and wing-walked as the planes flew at the height of 500 feet and the speed of more or less 100 miles-per-hour over Gloucestershire, England’s Rendcomb airfield. Vic Norman, the girls’ granddad, flew one of the planes while Aerosuperbatics’ Director of Flying, Martyn Carrington, maneuvered the other.

An Awesome Experience

Rose Powell said that the wing-walking attempt was her cousin’s (Flame, the other half of the duo) idea. And though both of the girls had admitted they were quite scared and nervous prior to the event but when they did went up in the air, the two agreed it turned out to be an awesome, fun-filled and exhilarating ride and they described it as a “once in a lifetime experience”.

“We were mostly screaming and waving, even doing little Superwoman poses. It was so cool looking up and seeing all those tiny houses,” Rose laughingly said to one media reporter to which Flame added, “I was excited and nervous at the same time doing this.”

It Runs in the Family

However, the stunt the young girls pulled is not surprising. Their grandfather, Vic Norman, has been in the wing-walking industry for so long, he being the leader and owner of Breitling Wingwalker and Rose and Flame are the third generation in their families to do wing-walking stunts on grandfather’s own vintage aircrafts.

Additionally, Flame’s brother, Tiger, had snatched a world record on his own in 2009 when he became the world’s youngest wing-walker at eight years old.

The two revealed they had followed on in their family’s tradition of being wing-walkers for a cause – they had hoped their wing-walking stunt will raise funds for a six-year-old friend suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Eli Crossley.

Stunt for a Cause

“It feels really nice to be doing something to help Eli,” Rose revealed in another interview. “It is dreadful that the older children like Eli get, the less able they become to do things that I take for granted.”

Eli’s parents had started the Duchenne Children’s Trust so that they could come up with monetary support that will help in funding studies looking for the cure and proper treatment for the said disease in time to save the boy’s life and the two cousins had wanted to contribute for the cause in their own way.

Emily Crossley, Eli’s mom, said she was touched and honored by the girls’ gesture and had given them her blessing. She further added that children who are moved to do something because of another child’s plight is a humbling experience worth mirroring.

Nevertheless, officials from Guinness Book of World Records have yet to verify the girls’ attempt in becoming the world’s youngest formation wing-walkers before they could record the event and the girls’ names in the book.