Adorable 'plane mad' Leeds five year old dons flight suit to climb six-mile mountain

Pint-sized captain in the making, Jacob Newson conquered the 2,277 foot high Pen-y-Ghent mountain, one of the biggest peaks in Yorkshire, with his ex-forces veteran dad Andrew.

The youngster, who has been obsessed with jets since he was a baby, raised more than £6,000 for the RAF Benevolent Fund, a charity that provides financial and emotional support to injured pilots and their families.

Dressed in his beloved flight suit, Jacob reached the peak in just over an hour and a half on Tuesday, August 27, and completed the whole circuit in around four and half hours - raising £6,000 in the process.

Proud dad Andrew, 51, said: "It was brilliant. He was still running when he made it to the top.

"I was planning to walk up to the top with him and carry him back down, but he didn't need me to, he managed on his own.

"When we were climbing, a couple of people stopped to ask what we were doing and when we explained, they donated cash to the fund on the spot.

"When we got to the top, there were a few people waiting for him and cheered and clapped him."

Jacob was inspired to complete the trek after being made a special guest at the world's biggest military air show.

Red Arrows pilots "made his dreams come true" at the Royal International Air Tattoo, the world's largest display of military jets, by lining up and saluting him on the runway.

The family, from Leeds, West Yorks., travelled to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire for the annual event over the weekend of July 19-21 - but were "blown away" by the fuss that was made of little Jacob when they arrived.