Big Brother star reaches new high (From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)

Big Brother star reaches new high

BIG Brother winner Cameron Stout took to the Gloucestershire skies to fly high for a national charity.

The 32-year-old Orkney Islander overcame his fear of heights to complete back-to-back wing-walks at Rendcomb airfield near Cirencester.

His daredevil antics were completed with the help of Europe's only professional wingwalking team, the Utterly Butterlys.

The stunt was undertaken to boost the work of DEBRA UK, a national charity working on behalf of people suffering with the skin blistering condition Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB).

After taking instructions from one of the wingwalking team Cameron was strapped on to the top of the 1940 Boeing Stearman bi-plane, a plane used widely to train British flyers in the Second World War.

Before taking to the skies, and with his every move filmed by cameras from Channel 4's Big Brother Little Brother, he said: "I'm not liking this very much, I will be waving with one hand and holding on with the other."

After his near ten-minute flight, which reached a height of 200ft and speeds of 90mph, he gingerly stepped from the plane.

After initially refusing to complete a second run for the cameras he was coaxed into changing his mind by pilot Mike Dentith.

After his second, shorter flight, he said: "I can't stop my knees from shaking.

"I would tell anyone to do that just for the feeling.

"I was prepared for the landing to be the scariest bit but that was actually quite smooth."

On his fear of heights he said: "The scary thing is that while you are worried you are also fascinated by it."

And of life in the celebrity spotlight he concluded: "Most people have been really positive about the whole Big Brother thing.

"The weirdest thing about it is that it doesn't feel weird at all, everyone is so nice."

Cameron was voted as the viewers' favourite in the show after spending 64 days in the Big Brother house and seeing off competition from 12 other contestants.

He polled 57.5 per cent of the votes in the final count screened on July 25, defeating the challenge of Dubliner Ray Shah to claim the £70,000 first prize.