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 Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject: Fwd: FW: PILOT Jessica Cox |
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I think all us pilots need some inspiration at times.
Pappy
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[b]Talk about an inspirational story!!![/b]
[b]Oxford[/b] [b]and[/b] [b]Cambridge[/b] [b]have now decided[/b]
[b]to remove the words CAN'T and IMPOSSIBLE[/b]
[b]from their dictionary[/b]
[b]Jessica Cox, 25, a girl born without arms,[/b]
[b]stands inside an aircraft.[/b]
[b]The girl from[/b] [b]Tucson,[/b] [b]Arizona[/b]
[b]got the Sport Pilot certificate lately[/b]
[b]and became the first pilot licensed to fly[/b]
[b]using only her feet.[/b]
[b]Jessica Cox of Tucson was born without arms,[/b]
[b]but that has only stopped her from doing one thing:[/b]
[b]using the word "can't."[/b]
[b]Her latest flight into the seemingly impossible[/b]
[b]is becoming the first pilot licensed to fly[/b]
[b]using only her feet.[/b]
[b]With one foot manning the controls[/b]
[b]and the other delicately guiding the steering column,[/b]
[b]Cox, 25,[/b]
[b]soared to achieve a Sport Pilot certificate.[/b]
[b]Her certificate qualifies her[/b]
[b]to fly a light-sport aircraft[/b]
[b]to altitudes of 10,000 feet.[/b]
[b]"She's a good pilot. She's rock solid,"[/b]
[b]said Parrish Traweek, 42,[/b]
[b]the flying instructor at San Manuel's[/b] [b]Ray[/b] [b]Blair[/b] [b]Airport.[/b]
[b]Parrish Traweek runs PC Aircraft Maintenance[/b]
[b]and Flight Services[/b]
[b]and has trained many pilots,[/b]
[b]some of whom didn't come close to Cox's abilities.[/b]
[b]"When she came up here driving a car,"[/b]
[b]Traweek recalled,[/b]
[b]"I knew she'd have no problem flying a plane."[/b]
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[url=http:///][b]Doctors never learned why she was born without arms,[/b]
[b]but she figured out early on[/b]
[b]that she didn't want to use prosthetic devices.[/b]
[b]Jessica Cox, 25,[/b]
[b]earned a license to fly airplanes on October 10, 2008.[/b]
[b]Jessica also has two black belts in Tae Kwan-Do,[/b]
[b]a college degree in Psychology,[/b]
[b]and a thriving career as a motivational speaker.[/b]
[b]What doesn't Jessica Cox have?[/b]
[b]Arms.[/b]
[b]A bilateral congenital limb deficiency[/b]
[b]doesn't stop Ms. Cox from achieving[/b]
[b]and surpassing her goals.[/b]
[b]From birth on,[/b]
[b]her feet became her hands.[/b]
[b]She can drive a car,[/b]
[b]type 25 words per minute,[/b]
[b]and fly an airplane using her feet,[/b]
[b]without any special adaptations.[/b]
[b]She is the first woman without arms[/b]
[b]to earn a license to fly.[/b][b] [/b]
[b]"I highly encourage people with disabilities[/b]
[b]to consider flying,"[/b]
[b]Cox said.[/b]
[b]"It helps reverse the stereotype[/b]
[b]that people with disabilities are powerless[/b]
[b]into the belief that they are powerful and capable[/b]
[b]of setting high goals and achieving them."[/b][b] [/b]
[b]Jessica earned her Sport Pilot certificate[/b]
[b]after training with Able Flight,[/b]
[b]a[/b] [b]North Carolina[/b] [b]flight training company[/b]
[b]that specializes in helping people with disabilities[/b]
[b]learn to fly.[/b]
[b]Ms. Cox won an Able Flight scholarship[/b]
[b]and was able to train with instructor Parrish Traweek[/b]
[b]free of charge.[/b][b] [/b]
[b][b] [/b][/b]
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inside me lives a thin person but I keep her sedated with chocolate!
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