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Radio Leicester,5 mins
‘World’s youngest pilot’ flies glider solo on 14th birthday
Breakfast on Âé¶¹Éç Radio LeicesterAvailable for over a year
Alex Westgate isn't old enough to drive a car, but is allowed to fly a glider plane solo. Which is what he did on Wednesday 9 December, on his 14th birthday at the Gliding Centre, at Husbands Bosworth Airfield. Alex, his dad Guy Westgate and Rob Barsby, who are both airshow pilots, spoke to Âé¶¹Éç Radio Leicester's Jimmy Carpenter.
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