Mary Armstrong celebrated her 90th birthday by skydiving 12,000 feet to the earth. It is her third charity jump, raising $1,900 for an animal charity.

The proceeds of the jump will go to a horse, donkey and mule veterinary charity called The Brooke.

"I feel more like an old bird than ever," she told AFP, minutes after landing at Headcorn airfield near Maidstone, Kent.

"It was just so wonderful. I want to do it again soon."

The super grandmother was scheduled to jump last Monday but cancelled because of poor weather.

She said, "I love animals and I won't rest in my grave if I haven't jumped for them."

Armstrong started skydiving at the age of 87. She got the idea from a tape of her granddaughter parachuting in Australia.

She has said she wants to jump until she is 100.

Previous charities benefiting from the event were the British kidney research and neuro-disability charities.

Niki Austin, of The Brooke said: "She is a supporter of the charity but obviously we do not expect supporters to jump out of planes for us. She's an incredible person."