Soaring into the skies, this is seven-year-old Marwan Vorajee, believed to Britain’s youngest pilot.

Axar.az reports citing Daily Mail that wearing a Barcelona strip and perched on a thick cushion, the four-foot tall youngster can barely see over the controls and out of the cockpit windscreen of his Piper Warrior III aeroplane.

But the schoolboy took full control of the joy-stick and sailed the four-seater light aircraft over the countryside, with his dad Rizwan and little brother Safwan as passengers in the back.

Plane-mad Marwan’s dreams came true when his parents booked him his first flying lesson for his seventh birthday treat, last month.

And with his first half-hour of flying time under his belt the youngster can’t wait for his next journey into the clouds.

‘I loved it, I really absolutely loved it,’ Marwan told his mum once he was safely back on solid ground. ‘I can’t wait for my next lesson.’

Now the youngster, from Solihull, West Midlands, hopes to complete his training, gain a pilot’s licence and join his Emirates pilot uncle Yousuf flying passenger jets around the world.

‘Ever since he was really young Marwan has been obsessed with planes,’ his mum Nafeesa told MailOnline.

‘He was always watching videos of planes, and asking questions about them.

‘We used to take him to Birmingham Airport where he would spend hours watching the planes coming in and taking off.

‘He could tell all the different types of aircraft and he always said he wanted to be able to fly a plane.’

So when Marwan’s birthday came around mum Nafeesa, 31, and dad Rizwan, 37, knew the perfect treat.

‘We found that Coventry flying club did lessons for children, as long as they could see over the controls and could follow instructions.

‘When we told Marwan he was having a flying lesson for his birthday he was absolutely thrilled.

‘He took it really seriously. He wasn’t nervous at all.

‘He listened very carefully to the pre-flight instructions and did everything the instructor told him.

‘But once they took off Marwan was in total control.

‘He was in the air for about 30 minutes.

‘It wasn’t cheap – it cost £102 for the flying lesson and £15 each for [dad] Rizwan and [brother] Safwan to come along as passengers.

‘I was a bit anxious watching from the ground, but they all loved it.’

Marwan performed perfectly, although he will have to wait until he is 14 for his flying hours to count towards a pilot’s licence, Coventry Aeroplane Club instructor Alistair McBain told MailOnline.

Mr McBain added: ‘Flying is really not that hard, it’s easier than driving a car.

‘We show new recruits how the controls work – to go up, down and side and side – which takes about five minutes.

‘And after that they take over the controls.

‘Of course the plane has dual controls and we are sitting there right next to them if anything goes wrong.

‘But apart from taking off and landing, they fly the plane.’