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Success Story

Name: Eric Miller
Age: 50
Event: Sport pilot checkride
Where: Brasstown, North Carolina
Airplane: Just Highlander

Success StoryOn February 15, 1981, at age 15, I took my first flight lesson in a Cessna 150. Since then, I’ve had instruction in four other aircraft. I've flown in the back end of countless military aircraft and more commercial airplanes than I want to think about. I’ve had many starts, stops, and setbacks. I’ve survived two awful car wrecks and one heart surgery. I have a wife of 30 years, two sons, and two granddaughters. On June 10, 2016, after 38 hours of instruction, I soloed in a Just Aircraft Highlander. Then on August 13, I passed my sport pilot checkride in the same airplane with 49 total hours in the logbook. Persistence pays!

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