Sailing schoolboy Mike Perham, 18, has announced plans to become the youngest person to fly solo around the world. He launched the bid at the Farnborough International Air Show, just 11 months after he returned to a hero’s welcome in Portsmouth last August to become the youngest person to sail around the world single handed, a record soon snatched away by Australian sailor Jessica Watson.
Perham hopes to be off next summer after completing flying lessons and masterminding the planning and logistics. Perham, who only passed his driving test a few months ago, has begun an intensive training programme for this next challenge at Elstree Aerodrome. Mike said, ‘It is truly amazing to experience the freedom that flying gives. There is a lot to learn, but I’m loving it’.
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