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Giuseppe Cannella can reach
speeds of more than 60mph |
Giuseppe Cannella had a big surprise
for his mother-in-law when he put a jet engine on the
back of her wheelchair.
Mr Cannella says the chair can now do
top speeds of more than 60mph and has proved the star
of a model plane championship during the Bank Holiday.
A model plane enthusiast himself, Mr
Cannella has been putting on shows at Barkston Heath
near Grantham, Lincs.
"It is just the wheelchair with
the engine bolted on the back and steering on the front,"
he said.
Holiday surprise
"Originally it was a gimmick. I
had a jet engine and I was going to put it on a go cart.
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I have done it for fun - I
just like going up and down in it
Giuseppe Cannella |
"But the missus says put it on
something unusual and so I put it on
the mother-in-law's wheelchair," said Mr Cannella,
who is from Luton in Bedfordshire.
"She was on holiday at the time
so she didn't know what I was doing until she came back.
"She actually thought I was doing
it for her."
Mr Cannella's mother-in-law, who had
bought a new wheelchair, has Parkinson's disease.
Her son-in-law has been collecting money
for the Parkinson's Disease Society and hopes to collect
up to £1,500 during the shows at the British Model
Flying Association national championship.
"I have done it for fun, I just
like going up and down in it," said Mr Cannella. |