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New Pair of High-Flyers

STRANRAER has a new pair of high-flyers and they did it all in the name of charity!

Amanda McClorey and Lorraine Cowan both braved a parachute jump to raise cash for good causes Amanda for cancer research and Lorraine for meningitis research.

Although both from Stranraer, the pair did their jumps on separate occasions and from different airfields.

Amanda, who went to St Andrew's for her tandem dive told the "Free Press"

"On arrival at Skydive St Andrew's the first surprise was how small the plane was that I would be jumping out of.

"I went along with my colleague Billy Hamilton who does this regularly as a hobby.

"I joined my three fellow students for our training and, with that completed, all I had to do was await my turn. I was third to go and the other two had landed safely!