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Carol Vorderman took to Instagram on Sunday to celebrate nine years since her first solo flight as an amateur pilot after two years of training. The television personality, 61, shared a series of throwback snaps from the cockpit as well as chatting on the tarmac to TV host Jenni Falconer, who captured the moment during an episode of This Morning. In the captions Carol gushed about the monumental moment in 2013: 'I loved it and it's something I will never forget forever'.

Carol Vorderman, 61, went to read engineering at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1978 and, at 17, was one of the youngest women accepted to Cambridge University at the time.The former Countdown host took to Twitter to respond to Cambridge University's comment on her graduation pictures.Carol took to Twitter yesterday in view of her 480,500 followers to comment on her graduation pictures from her time at Cambridge University.She studied engineering and left the university with a third class degree, something she told The Independent in 1997 was very "disappointing".In her graduation pictures Carol can be seen to be very fresh-faced with freshly-permed hair.She captioned the post: "Ha... 1981..

Carol Vorderman has taken to Instagram to mark International Women's Day and has paid a moving tribute to her "first love".MORE: Alex Scott admits she's a 'proud feminist' but more change is needed to achieve gender equalityIn her Stories, the 61-year-old shared several photos of Mildred Bruce and explained the importance her influence had had in her life.WATCH: Celebrating International Women's Day 2022"My International Women's Day heroine. Mildred Bruce.