Watch as retired RAF pilot from Malvern pulling Top Gun stunts in plane he built in shed

Rich Goodwin can be seen doing loop-the-loops and barrel rolls as he took to the skies in front of 50,000 people at the Cosford Air Show, in Shropshire.

The married dad-of-five attached a GoPro camera to inside the cockpit of his DIY plane giving a unique insight into his dare-devil stunts at between 200ft and 1,800ft.

Former Tornado pilot Rich spent four years and thousands of pounds building the Pitts Special muscle biplane by himself at his home near Malvern, Worcs.

The 60-year-old said: "It's an amazing plane to fly and attaching the GoPro just gives people that point of view they might not usually get to see.

"You can share the exhilaration I feel when I take the plane out. It's all measured and well regulated. It just takes a lot of practice.

"It's a hot-rod bi-plane or a pimped-up biplane. It has a very powerful engine which means I can do some pretty unusual things.

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"It really is wonderful and I am very passionate about it, I just love it and it was great to be back entertaining the crowds. Cosford is one of my favourite air shows too.

BREATHTAKING: Rich Goodwin, 60, RAF pilot pulling incredible Top Gun-style stunts

"I love the challenge of not only flying it but building it all too and getting the plane to meet all the required regulations."

Rich began building the plane from scratch six years ago and even remortgaged his house to fund its conversion into a aircraft now worth £135,000.

It was completed two years ago and now weighs 1,500lbs (630kg), boasts an 8.5 litre, 350bhp engine and is capable of travelling at 207mph.

Rich, who was in the RAF between 1984-1993 and flew in the Gulf War, added: "It has been a labour of love.

"I told my wife I had remortgaged the house to buy this biplane which I was going to take apart and rebuild and she burst into tears in the bath.

"But I think she's quite proud of me now and what I have achieved."I just think it's never too late to try something in life. I’ve always been passionate about biplanes."