Jolie takes Maddox flying

Qualified pilot Angelina Jolie took her son Maddox flying with her today.

The ‘Changeling’ actress treated her 10-year-old adopted child to a trip up in the air with her as she flew a small plane from Blackbushe Airport in Surrey, Southern England.

Jolie got into the cockpit with an instructor, while Maddox rode in the back seat.

The 36-year-old star has held her pilot’s licence since 2005 and regularly goes flying. Maddox looked happy as he got in the plane and took his iPad with him.

Angelina and her brood - which also includes Pax, seven, Zahara, six, Shiloh, five, and three-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne – are currently living in Britain while her partner, Brad Pitt shoots new movie ‘World War Z’, although he flew back to the US this week to attend a premiere.

In his absence, Angelina took the children for a day out to Legoland theme park in Windsor, near London earlier this week.

Although they admit raising a large family can be manic, Brad told this week how he and Angelina manage to get a little time for each other.

He said: "We find our time. We carve out Mommy, Daddy time. It's called a hotel. You got to get out of this house. You got to leave."