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Carol Vorderman celebrates the anniversary of her first solo flight
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Carol Vorderman took to Instagram on Sunday to celebrate nine years since her first solo flight as an amateur pilot after two years of training. The television personality, 61, shared a series of throwback snaps from the cockpit as well as chatting on the tarmac to TV host Jenni Falconer, who captured the moment during an episode of This Morning. In the captions Carol gushed about the monumental moment in 2013: 'I loved it and it's something I will never forget forever'.
She penned: 'My first solo flight as a pilot was 9 years ago today. It's such a big thing to every pilot. The first time you take control of a plane without your instructor in the cockpit to get you out of trouble'.
' Just you and your aircraft and air traffic control on the radio. For mine. .
. I wanted to make a statement about #GirlsFlyToo and how it's never too late to follow your heart . .
. I was 52 back then'. 'I had only ever really wanted to be a @royalairforceuk fighter pilot or an astronaut when I was growing up , but those things were illegal for girls in the UK back then'.
She continued: 'So we did a world first and I made my first solo flight LIVE on telly on @thismorning. Loved it and something I will never forget forever'. '@jennifalconer presented the piece for the show and my flying instructor Deb Ford did the commentary while I was in the air flying a circuit at 1000ft'.
In March Carol celebrated International Woman's day by revealing she was inspired by a female pilot to take flying lesson. She took to social media to tell the story of Mildred Bruce, a daredevil who was the reason she began taking to the skies. The star admitted she was so inspired she even named her aeroplane after the adventurer, an aircraft she donated to help
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Carol Vorderman looks incredible as she shows off her tiny abs and waist
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Louise Redknapp discusses prospect of son Charley, 18, going on Love Island 2023
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