This incredible video shows a daredevil OAP completing a skydive from 11,000 ft in memory of his late partner - before joking 'thank God for solid ground'.<br /><br />Heartwarming footage shows Tom Lowery, 76, leaping from the aircraft, waving and putting his thumbs up to the camera above the skies in Salford.<br /><br />The sprightly septuagenarian took the plunge to raise funds for the hospice that cared for his partner Joan Lyons, 78, who died last March from a brain tumour.<br /><br />Before the jump, Tom said he was 'looking forward to it', but after completing the challenge he said he was 'glad to be back on solid ground.'
