Flawless flight for 95-year-old pilot could put him in record book

Peter Weber Jr. pushes back his plane after his flight on March 30, 2015, in Placerville, Calif. His bid to establish the Guinness World Record as the oldest living active pilot went flawlessly, taking to the skies over Placerville on a sunny morning. The 95-year-old flew three laps in a single engine Diamond D-20. (Randy Pench/Sacramento Bee/TNS)

Peter Weber Jr’s record attempt comes at a time when most people his age consider giving up driving a car.

Peter Weber Jr flew a plane for about 20 minutes on a recent Monday. The flight was nothing fancy, just three looping circles around an area airfield. But it could nonetheless snag a Guinness world record for him.