Vorderman flying high in quest to become pilot

Loose Women host Carol Vorderman is clocking up the air miles to fulfil a lifelong dream of obtaining a pilot’s licence.

The former Countdown star spent the Christmas period at the controls of a four-seater Cessna 172 in San Diego and aims to qualify as a pilot by Easter.

Vorderman, who is dating 
ex-Red Arrow Graham Duff, set her heart on learning to fly when she was much younger and first saw Concorde take to the skies.

She said: “I’m getting properly hooked as I’m flying most 
days. You don’t worry about things. The rest of the world just disappears.”

Vorderman, 52, first took a flying lesson in Leeds in 1982 but gave up after regularly being grounded by bad weather. She hopes to pass her test about the same time as her daughter Katie, 20, gets her licence.