Airline pilot is high-flier at age of 20

Holidaymakers flying from Stansted airport since October may have been unaware that the reassuring voice from the cockpit was that of a teenager.

Ed Gardner, who has now turned 20, is believed to be Britain's youngest commercial pilot.



He got a job at Titan Airways the day after he received his licence and within days was crewing with his father, Bob, 55, a captain.

Mr Gardner, who now regularly flies to the Continent and Africa, played down his achievement at such a young age. He said: "I think I just came along at the right time."