Kimberly Anyadike, 15, Becomes Youngest Af-Am Woman to Fly Across the U.S.

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(H/t to Jack & Jill Politics) Navigating a single-engine plane, and accompanied by a Tuskegee Airman, 87-year-old Levi Thornhill and her adult safety pilot, Ronnell Noman, a certified commercial pilot, Kimberly Anyadike completed her 13-day journey from Compton, CA to Newport News, VA--across the continental United States--and back again on Saturday, July 11. Consequently, Kimberly became the youngest African American female pilot ever to achieve this goal. Kimberly has been flying since age 12, when she took advantage of a program sponsored by Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, based in Compton, CA. The museum began there in 1997. It now offers flying lessons to 800 at-risk and economically disadvantaged youth--from ages 8 to 18--through an after-school program. No doubt, the program is to instill pride and self-worth into these children at a crucial moment in their lives. A more interesting result has been that five students have set more than 10 world records in the program's 12-year history.
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