Amy's on cloud nine.Byline: Tony Collins THE sky's the limit for high-flying Birmingham student Amy Young. Amy, aged 17, has her feet firmly on the ground despite gaining an incredible 17 top grade GCSE GCSE 1. (in Britain) General Certificate of Secondary Education; an examination in specified subjects which replaced the GCE O level and CSE 2. Informal a pass in a GCSE examination Noun 1. exam passes. But her head was very much in the clouds when the Kings Norton Sixth Form College pupil won a competition to fly in a hot air balloon This article is about hot air balloons themselves. For the associated activity, see Hot air ballooning. The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology, dating back to its invention by the Montgolfier brothers in Annonay, . Amy, who was accompanied by her French pen pal Benedicte, was nominated by her father Geoff after housebuilder Redrow Homes announced it was looking to take someone deserving on a special flight. Amy, whose family live in Northfield, achieved one of the best GCSE hauls in the country last month, with ten A* and seven A grade passes. She said: "When my dad heard about the competition he immediately wanted to enter and nominate me for the prize as he was so proud of my results. "We flew over the countryside of Kidderminster, which was beautiful and took in all of the sights and sounds." Amy Young (left) with French *penfriend penfriend n (BRIT) → amigo/a por correspondencia penfriend n (Brit) → correspondant(e) penfriend n (BRIT Benedicte. |
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