It could easily have been dismissed as a flight of fancy.

But claims that a polystyrene plane travelled 150 miles across Britain after being thrown by a young girl from a Welsh bridge may actually be true, according to aerodynamics experts.

The little craft, was bought at a shop on Anglesey by Abbie Lee and launched from the Menai Suspension Bridge in late March by her daughter Tamara, 5.

The family, from North Wales, wrote their name and address on the plane and were anxious to see how far it would travel.

But they were amazed when last week they received a postcard from a Leicestershire woman named ‘Kathy’ who said she had found the 21 inch model in Bradgate Park, in Charnwood Forest, northwest of Leicester.

Mrs Lee said: “We flew it off Menai Bridge and never thought we'd see it again. I couldn't believe it. We can't really figure it out, following the maps and that, it's just so far."