A former student of Carshalton Boys Sports College has been awarded a graduation certificate, after completing a training course at the Central Air Traffic Control School in Shropshire.

Ashley Mason, 23 undertook training in a number of subjects over a course of 5 weeks, which included Navigation, Aircraft Operations, Meteorology, Communications and Flight Planning.

This was closely followed by another 5 weeks of practical training, where Ashley was able to put his theory knowledge into practice.

Ashley is now a successful RAF graduate with a Flight Operations Assistant certificate and has been posted to RAF Northolt.