• 16-year-old Sydney-Marie Flowers is set to receive her private pilot’s license, even before getting a driver’s license

  • Flowers is a student at Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School in Cleveland, Ohio, in USA

  • Flowers is now one of an elite and tiny group of Black women pilots Sydney-Marie Flowers, a 16-year-old girl, has joined an elite and tiny group of Black women pilots as she is set to receive her private pilot license, even before getting a driver’s license.

Blavity reports that “only 4.4% of airline transport pilots are women and only 2.7% are Black according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.” Flowers has not only made her parents proud but has also made womanhood and the black community super proud.

Flowers who is a student at Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, attended a local aviation camp where she received top honors.

She was then chosen to attend a national camp in Tuskegee, Alabama, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force.

It was on the same field that Flowers took her first solo flight. Although she faced challenges, she overcame and managed to pass her final exams. In a short while, she will become a full-fledged pilot and receive her private pilot license. Flowers was then chosen to attend a national camp in Tuskegee, Alabama, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force.

Source:Legit

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