Ryan Garner, 17, became the youngest African American to earn his private pilot's license in North Carolina

[RickyDiBiase]

Funny enough, I know what you mean..

North Carolina makes me think baby fro and khakis and a polo.. Clean cut lol

But salute to the young man.. my lack of passion in any one area led to a long delay of finding my fit.. I wish I had the focus when I was younger

Funny enough, I know what you mean..

North Carolina makes me think baby fro and khakis and a polo.. Clean cut lol

But salute to the young man.. my lack of passion in any one area led to a long delay of finding my fit.. I wish I had the focus when I was younger

Same here

Also breh, I hope you managed to rekindle and find your passion, eitherway, a stranger from the OH is rooting for you

 

[Windows 91]

That's so cool. If I could do it all over again, I'd be a pilot. I had the grades to get into a service academy. Get that pilot training and then do helicopter tours or something when you get out.

 

[Wiseborn]

The young brother is doing something I always wanted to do

 

[MajesticLion]

That is cool as hell


Respect due to whoever's investing in this for him

 

[Big Boda]

He's not an African he's a black american. If he were African his success would be counted as a win for Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe etc like every other achievement by foreigners.

 

[Belize King]

Salute to young Breh!

I thought about getting my PPL. It’s 11-15K if you only take 60HRs to pass. Renting a plane “wet” costed $110 an hr. Your instructor is $30-75HR.

My coworkers are making $1100 a day flying every third day.

The main issue with becoming a pilot is getting from 300HRs to 1500HRs. It’s tough to insure a pilot under 500HRs so most companies won’t hire you. Imagine trying to get another 200HRs at $200 an hour to rent a plane.

Most become instructors which sucks but it is what it is.

 

[mag357]

This is awesome.
He accomplished something I didn't but always wanted to

 

[skylove4]

He's not an African he's a black american. If he were African his success would be counted as a win for Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe etc like every other achievement by foreigners.

Shut your dusty ass up