Bobby Bradley, a nine-year-old New Mexico boy has floated into history, taking off solo in a hot air balloon and landing perfectly about half an hour later to become the youngest trained pilot to accomplish such a feat.

Showing maturity and composure well beyond his years, Bobby proved any doubters wrong as he strategically touched down on Saturday on a dirt road exactly as his parents had instructed.
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"It was awesome. It was amazing. I loved it," he said. He added, " I knew I was ready," I had all my equipment.
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I just wanted to go up."
Bobby is a fourth-generation balloonist and has been flying in them for more than half his life.

But he can't get his pilot's licence until he is 16, so his family and friends built the smaller balloon, which is
classified as an ultra-light aircraft, so the solo flight could go ahead.