Would-be pilot needs £106,000 for flight training after losing funding when company that backed him shut

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A would-be pilot who has dreamed of taking to the skies since he was a boy has been left devastated after losing his funding when the company that backed him suddenly closed its doors.

Eighteen-year-old Joshua Merchan-Nicholls, from Finchley, North London, needs to raise £106,000 by September this year if he is to get into the Skyborne Airline Academy, and hopefully earn his wings.Kidzania, a children's amusement centre in London, had planned to cover the full cost of his training - something which Joshua highlighted is a rare opportunity in the industry.

“I was also called to a massive ceremony of around 1500 candidates in which I was asked to come up to the front, was gifted my certificate as well as being able to complete a speech on my journey through the aviation sector and how I have kept my head held high throughout.

 

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