A KEEN Saints supporter will soon be flying as high as his favourite team.

Chris Smith, from West Stratton near Micheldever, has become a flying officer in the RAF after graduating from officer training college at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire.

Chris, 23, who went to Thornden School, in Chandler's Ford, and Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh, will now train as a fighter controller at RAF Boulmer, in Northumberland.