jet-propelled granny

not thailand-related at all but just had to share this article...

giuseppe cannella had a big surprise for his mother-in-law when he put a jet engine on the back of her wheelchair.

mr cannella says the chair can now do top speeds of more than 60mph and has proved the star of a model plane championship during the bank holiday.

a model plane enthusiast himself, mr cannella has been putting on shows at barkston heath near grantham, lincs.

"it is just the wheelchair with the engine bolted on the back and steering on the front," he said.

"originally it was a gimmick. i had a jet engine and i was going to put it on a go cart.

"but the missus says put it on something unusual and so i put it on the mother-in-law's wheelchair," said mr cannella, who is from luton in bedfordshire.

"she was on holiday at the time so she didn't know what i was doing until she came back.

"she actually thought i was doing it for her."