May obtained a light aircraft pilot's licence in October 2006, having trained at White Waltham Airfield. He has owned a Luscombe 8A 'Silvaire', a Cessna A185E Skywagon, and an American Champion 8KCAB Super Decathlon with registration G-OCOK.

Is James May a qualified pilot?

Aside from being a proper grown-up car journalist, James is also an accomplished pianist and a qualified pilot. ... James has since earned himself the somewhat unfair nickname 'Captain Slow'.

How high did James may fly?

James May takes a rare and privileged flight 70,000 feet above Earth in a U2 spy plane to a place known in the Air Force as the 'space equivalent zone' or the 'edge of space'.