Ali Carter took flight on the table, before stating he intends to literally take to the Essex skies this afternoon following a 4-0 whitewash win over Ian Burns at the BetVictor English Open in Brentwood.
As well as being a six-time ranking event winner, Carter is a fully qualified pilot and said he was keen to take advantage of the favourable flying conditions after this morning's quickfire win.
The Captain needed just 74 minutes to dispatch Burns, top scoring with 78 in the third. Next up Carter faces either Essex rival Stuart Bingham or Wu Yize.
Carter said: "It's lovely only being half an hour down the road. I'm going to go flying this afternoon with my mate who is a pilot. The weather has been great so it will be nice to get airborne. We are going to go to Clacton, parking up and getting a bag of chips then fly home.
"Me and Stuart have known each other since we were kids when we used to practise against each other. It would be another tough match. I'm in the next round and he has it all to do to get to me."
Hungary's 17-year-old prodigy Bulcsu Revesz scored an impressive 4-2 win over Yuan Sijun to make the third round. He now faces former UK Champion Stephen Maguire.
David Gilbert won the last two frames to defeat Michael Holt 4-3, while Ricky Walden whitewashed former Women's World Champion Mink Nutcharut 4-0.