As a teenager during the Second World War, Harry Heasman worked in a factory making Mosquito bomber aircraft and gliders that were used in the D-Day landings.

第二次世界大战期间，十几岁的哈里·希斯曼在一家工厂工作，制造“蚊式”轰炸机和用于诺曼底登陆的滑翔机。

On Saturday, after a gap of 85 years, he took to the skies for a wing walk above the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, which is home to aircraft from the war, including the Mosquito.

上周六，在时隔85年后，他在位于剑桥郡达克斯福德的帝国战争博物馆上空进行了一次机翼行走，该博物馆收藏了包括“蚊式”在内的战时飞机。

In doing so, he became the oldest man to do a wing walk — his 99th birthday is this week. John Symmonds was the previous holder of the Guinness World Record at 95.

通过这样做，他成为了进行机翼行走的最年长的人——他本周将迎来99岁生日。 约翰·西蒙兹是该吉尼斯世界纪录此前的保持者，年龄为95岁。

Heasman has been living at Eastham care home in Essex for a year because he could no longer stay at home alone safely. His mobility had declined to the point where he required assistance to climb stairs.

希斯曼已在埃塞克斯郡的伊瑟姆疗养院住了一年，因为他无法再安全地独自待在家里。 他的行动能力已经下降到需要帮助才能爬楼梯的程度。

His care home operates a wish programme with their residents and he decided that he wanted to do a wing walk to fulfil a boyhood dream. He told The Times: "When I used to go to the cinema as a boy, I used to see what they called an American flying circus. And I used to think, 'Oh, that looks interesting. I'd love to do that.'"

他的疗养院与住户们一起实施了一个愿望计划，他决定要做一次机翼行走，以实现儿时的梦想。 他告诉《泰晤士报》：“当我小时候常去电影院时，我常常看到所谓的‘美国飞行马戏团’。 我常想，‘哦，那看起来很有趣。 我很想做那个。’”

Karolyn Sisto, the care home's manager, said she was initially "shocked" to hear he was serious about doing this, but assessments were done and although she remained "apprehensive", the team got behind him.

疗养院的管理员卡罗琳·西斯托说，她起初听到他是认真的想做这件事时感到“震惊”，但经过评估，尽管她仍然“担心”，团队还是支持了他。

In preparation for the mission he rebuilt his strength, balance and confidence with his physiotherapist, Reef, and can now walk up the stairs independently again, a feat which came in handy for the wing walk because he had to step up to the top of the aircraft.

为了准备这次任务，他与他的理疗师里夫一起重建了力量、平衡和信心，现在他又能独立地走楼梯了，这一技能在机翼行走时派上了用场，因为他必须踩到飞机的顶端。

Sisto said: "We did everything we could to support Harry to do this in a safe kind of way. Every day we've been focusing on his nutrition, his fluid intake. I've been taking his blood pressure every day. We've been encouraging him to go up and down the stairs, which is something he couldn't do a year ago. We've had exercises that he's had to follow from the physio.

西斯托说：“我们尽了一切努力以安全的方式支持哈里做到这件事。 每天我们都在关注他的营养和水分摄入。 我每天都在测量他的血压。 我们一直在鼓励他上下楼梯，这是一年前他做不到的事情。 我们让他按照理疗师的要求进行锻炼。”

"So, collectively, we've all been doing that just to try and get Harry as strong as he can be to undertake this."

“所以，大家一起努力，就是为了让哈里尽可能强壮，以承担这次任务。”

The Second World War started when Heasman, from London, was 12 years old. At 14 he left school and worked in a furniture factory that had been repurposed to make gliders and the Mosquito, which was largely made of wood. His brother took part in the D-Day landings. After the war, he was stationed in Germany where he was part of the British Army of the Rhine mostly doing secretarial work for two years.

第二次世界大战爆发时，来自伦敦的希斯曼年仅12岁。 14岁时他离开学校，在一家家具厂工作，该工厂已改产滑翔机和“蚊式”飞机，这种飞机主要由木材制成。 他的兄弟参加了诺曼底登陆。 战后，他被派驻德国，作为莱茵河英国陆军的一部分，主要做了两年的文书工作。

When he returned home, he did various jobs, working as an engineer, running a country pub then a golf club. He met his wife at a dance hall. Both enjoyed ballroom dancing.

回国后，他做过各种工作，当过工程师，经营过一家乡村酒吧，后来管理过一个高尔夫俱乐部。 他在一个舞厅遇到了他的妻子。 两人都喜欢交际舞。

Martyn Carrington, Heasman's pilot from Ethel Dares Wing Walking, said that he was proud to be involved in the project. Heasman was airborne in the 1940s biplane, which reached a height of 1,000m (3,280ft), for about six minutes. Heasman was strapped in and had a perch to lean against.

来自埃塞尔·达雷斯机翼行走公司的飞行员马丁·卡林顿是希斯曼的飞行员，他说他为参与这个项目感到自豪。 希斯曼乘坐那架1940年代的双翼飞机升空，达到了1000米（3280英尺）的高度，飞行了大约六分钟。 希斯曼被安全带固定住，并有一个座位可以倚靠。

For his next challenge, Heasman has his sights on completing the London Marathon, pushed by his physiotherapist.

对于他的下一个挑战，希斯曼的目标是在他的理疗师的推动下完成伦敦马拉松。