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I'm Christopher Ballenger , I'm 17 

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years old and this is how I got my 

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private pilot's license through the Air 

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Force JROTC Flight Academy . 

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Me and my mom were looking for you know 

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things in camps about aviation and we 

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saw the aim high flight academy , which 

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is what I initially signed up for 

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seeing that they were giving students a 

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chance to have a three week flight 

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program and getting to solo after that . 

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I mean that was something that again , 

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I never thought you could really do at 

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this age . So when I saw they were 

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giving people that opportunity , I mean 

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it really inspired me to go after it 

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hearing that I was accepted into this 

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program and that I'd be given the 

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chance to get my license . I mean it 

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was a dream come true and me and my mom 

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were both super excited for that 

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opportunity . The eight weeks that I 

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was there , it was a very , very 

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difficult time . I mean we had class 

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for two hours every day , flying two 

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hours a day with an instructor so it 

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was really difficult and it was 

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extremely , extremely rigorous and they 

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asked a lot of us right now , I'm a 

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senior in high school so I'm starting 

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the college application process and 

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right now my number one school is the 

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Air Force Academy in colorado , I want 

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to become a pilot in the military , 

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hopefully a fighter pilot being able to 

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finally see that after all that I was 

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successful in getting my license . I 

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mean it was the best feeling in the 

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world