Linda and all.. I am out of the US at the moment, in Central America. I just received an email from Jessica telling me the great news. Linda, thank you for sharing this momentous, historic and FABULOUS news with the group.
If any of you want to send Jessica a contrats, her email is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My sincere thanks to Linda for allowing us to use her Coupe for part of Jessica's training. And thanks to all that have offered support, both material and emotional, on Jessica's behalf. Also, a huge thanks to Ableflight (www.ableflight.org) and particularly Charles Stites, who provided the scholarship to Jessica which fully funded the remainder of her training with Parrish Traweek. Without their support, this would now have happened. Glen Davis CFII Ercoupe 3103H -------------------------------------------------- From: "Linda Abrams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 4:17 PM To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Glen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Jessica solo'd!!! > Hi 'Coupe Groupe! > > I had a call this morning from Jessica Cox in Arizona; she solo'd! She > is the young woman born without arms that has been determined to learn to > fly. <www.rightfooted.com> She trained at first with Glen Davis in his > 'Coupe in FL & then last year with him in my Sky Sprite in L.A.. After > another year of trying to find a 'Coupe whose controls were in the best > position for her, she resumed her training this spring with 'Couper > Parrish Traweek in the Tucson area, where she lives. > > All her family & friends & videographers were out at the airport > yesterday, but she didn't feel quite on top of it enough. Then at 6 a.m. > today -- with no one around but one of Parrish's other students -- he > told her "give me 5 good landings and you can solo." So she did it! And > the other student caught it on Jessica's own videocam, so I'm sure we'll > get to see film eventually. (When she was here last year, the Oprah show > expressed interest in having exclusive film, so we may not get to see it > right away.) > > What I was happiest to hear was that she used her judgment well and did a > "go 'round" on the first attempt, then got into good control of airspeed > and everything for a real landing on the second attempt. > > I've heard that Glen is out of the country at the moment, so I took the > liberty of posting this so everyone knows of her success. She believes > it is the first time an armless woman has solo'd a plane -- yay for the > Ercoupe! And a big YAY for Jessica!!! > > Linda > 3437H (Sky Sprite) > L.A. > > Glen Glen Davis 917 297 1111 www.ishootpictures.com www.ercoupepilot.com
