UK’s youngest pilot flies solo with Xbox

Wed Nov 25 12:06PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

James Coyne-Downhill took to the skies on his 16th birthday, becoming the UK’s joint-youngest pilot to fly solo. His success is largely thanks to the Xbox, he says...Well, that and a couple of years of dedicated training – James, an air cadet from Ringwood, Hampshire, actually took his first flying… Read full entry

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