When Lynley Bendall and Ally Wanikau walked down the aisle to exchange vows, the fasten-seatbelt signs were off.
The couple celebrated the legalization of gay marriage in New Zealand Aug. 19 by getting hitched in a plane at 39,000 feet (11,900 meters). Along for the ride was Jesse Tyler Ferguson, star of the ABC sitcom “Modern Family.”
Aug. 19 marked the first day same-sex couples could marry in New Zealand, where the law was changed back in April. About three dozen same-sex couples planned to marry in towns and cities throughout the country.
Bendall and Wanikau were flying high after winning a promotion by national carrier Air New Zealand.
They have been together 13 years and have three foster children.
