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North Carolina: 17-year-old makes history earning his private pilot’s license

North Carolina: 17-year-old makes history earning his private pilot’s license

Ryan Garner, 17, has made aviation history by being the youngest and first African American to receive a private pilot’s license at Goose Creek Aiport. The Indian Trail teen told WCNC, “I have always loved it since I was a kid. It’s a little adrenaline rush coming into the plane.” Garner, a rising senior, studies…

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