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"As long as it's flying, I know I'm going to be happy"
Great story off the Beeb today -
BBC News - Soldier injured in burning Basra Warrior learns to fly
Soldier injured in burning Basra Warrior learns to fly
Karl Hinett was one of the British soldiers whose photo went around the world - as he escaped a blazing British Warrior armoured vehicle in Basra in 2005.
He suffered 37 percent burns, and endured 100 hours of operations during his recovery.
Now Karl has gained a Boeing scholarship to enable him to learn to fly, in the hope of ultimately qualifying as a commercial pilot.
Eight years to the day since he was wounded, Karl made his first solo flight from Blackbushe airport in Surrey - in a Warrior aircraft.
Our defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt went to meet him there.
BBC News - Soldier injured in burning Basra Warrior learns to fly
Soldier injured in burning Basra Warrior learns to fly
Karl Hinett was one of the British soldiers whose photo went around the world - as he escaped a blazing British Warrior armoured vehicle in Basra in 2005.
He suffered 37 percent burns, and endured 100 hours of operations during his recovery.
Now Karl has gained a Boeing scholarship to enable him to learn to fly, in the hope of ultimately qualifying as a commercial pilot.
Eight years to the day since he was wounded, Karl made his first solo flight from Blackbushe airport in Surrey - in a Warrior aircraft.
Our defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt went to meet him there.
