Week In Pictures: 27/07/2012

An altogether more spectacular ride here - this was the astonishing moment an adrenaline junkie became the first man ever to skydive - holding an Olympic torch. Chris McCann, 50, (R) leapt 15,000ft out of a plane above Peterborough, Cambs, on Tuesday afternoon, brandishing an official torch. The beacon had earlier been carried through Norwich by official torch bearer James Colley, 23, (L) who jumped alongside Chris. They plummeted in free fall ... more 

An altogether more spectacular ride here - this was the astonishing moment an adrenaline junkie became the first man ever to skydive - holding an Olympic torch. Chris McCann, 50, (R) leapt 15,000ft out of a plane above Peterborough, Cambs, on Tuesday afternoon, brandishing an official torch. The beacon had earlier been carried through Norwich by official torch bearer James Colley, 23, (L) who jumped alongside Chris. They plummeted in free fall for one minute before deploying their parachutes and it then took five more minutes to reach the ground (Picture: Masons) less