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Updated: 11/28/2012 08:00:02AM
Students to fly high on Saturday
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Jean Lewis has been flying planes for 31 years. She first earned her pilot license in her early 20s.
SUN PHOTO BY MERAB-MICHAL FAVORITE
Jean Lewis, owner of Harborside Aviation in Punta Gorda, will offer female students enrolled in the aviation program at Charlotte Technical Center an opportunity to go up in a private plane Saturday.
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PUNTA GORDA — “Keep the greasy side down.”
That’s the advice Kelsy Lynch, 18, offers to anyone wishing to become an airplane pilot. Lynch earned her private pilot’s license shortly after she graduated from Charlotte High School in May. While attending CHS, Lynch earned college credits in the aviation program at Charlotte Technical Center.
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