Students at Mtarfa Boys Secondary School have been given a new choice for their extra-curricular activities - flying.

The school, part of St Nicholas College, has teamed up with Diamond Flight Training and formed an aero club which will give the students a taste of flying.

Headmaster Jean Pierre Micallef said the initiative had been enthusiastically received by the students and 70 had applied to join.

An initial group of 15 has been chosen. They will be attending lessons on aeronautics, going on tours around the airport and its facilities, and also experiencing flying with the flight school.

Mr Micallef also thanked Parliamentary Secretary Clyde Puli, who was also present at the launch today, for his "relentless efforts to help the school make a quantum leap".

Describing it as a unique and innovative project, Marco Ciliberti, director of Diamond Flight Training, said this was a historic day because this was the first time a state school was giving its students the opportunity to gain aviation knowledge.

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