A PILOT in training has put his skills to the test in his biggest challenge yet – planning a fairytale proposal for his girlfriend.

Oliver Potts and Danielle Norwood, both 27, moved to Padgate three years ago and after weeks of planning, Oliver's picture-perfect proposal made the couple's engagement official.

The commercial pilot-in-training said: "We've been together for six years and I've been doing my private licence for ages.

"I had this planned about a year ago but it was about pulling it all together."

Oliver secretly booked Danielle two days off work for the big day and gathered 300 metres of wallpaper and 450 tent pegs to make a special proposal message that could be read from the sky.

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The proposal

He said: "I went down the week before and me and my dad made all the letters. It's been quite stressful!

"In the morning I told Danielle we were going to the Isle of Wight.

"Initially I flew us from Tatenhill Aerodrome to Stoke Golding Airfield near Nuneaton in a PA-28 Archer 2 aircraft.

"Then, I got lost when I took off because the airports look the same from the sky so I was flying around for 10 minutes!

"At first, she saw the sign and said, 'who is that for?'

"We landed in the field and then I did the proposal behind the plane."

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Friends and family gathered for the proposal

Oliver and Danielle enjoyed celebrations with family, who had managed to keep the ordeal a secret, before taking to the skies again.

Oliver added: "We then took off and I then flew us to Sandown Airfield on the Isle of Wight and we watched the sun go down over the English channel."

Despite Danielle never suspecting a thing, Oliver has been planning the extravagant proposal for years.

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He said: "Flying is always what I have wanted to do but because of the expense I never thought I'd get the chance to do it.

"I always had the idea in my head that if I met a girl, this was how I was going to propose."

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Popping the champagne cork