It’s doubtful Coming Up will reach the grand old age of 94.
Climate change, the next banking crisis or the result of the Scottish independence referendum is likely to do for us before then.
If not, a fondness for pehs and purple tin is bound to eventually take its toll.
We won’t therefore ever be in a position to follow in the steadfast footsteps of Tom Lackey, the world’s oldest wing walker.
Having taken up the hobby as a sprightly 84-year-old he has since suffered a stroke and drop foot and needs a mobility scooter to get around.
But he’s about to do his 33rd death-defying walk and we caught up with him to hear why.
In other aircraft-related news we describe in Friday’s Courier why pilots have been asked to steer clear of airspace above Edinburgh Zoo (the panda, naturally).
And we have the latest on the troubled T in the Park move and explain why a planning wranglecould have organisers in a sweat.
A collection of classic cars was making its way across the Forth Road Bridge and the Commonwealth Games athletics track is on the move.
In sport we catch up with St Johnstone’s latest signing (who Coming Up once saw scoring a goal in a national cup final) and hear why Dundee have the inside track on Saturday’s opponents St Mirren.
And don’t forget, you can win this car, only in Friday’s Courier.