Jessica Cox, 25, of Tucson, Arizona who was born without arms has become the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet. With one foot on the controls and the other on the steering column, she received her Sport Pilot certificate which allows her to fly a sport aircraft to altitudes of 10,000 feet.

Flight Instructor Parrish Traweek who runs PC Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Services at San Manuel’s Ray Blair Airport told sources: “She’s a good pilot. She’s rock solid, when she came up here driving a car I knew she’d have no problem flying a plane.” Traweek said: “that the most difficult thing was finding an aircraft which would be compatible.” Cox was taught in a Ercoupe, manufactured in the 1940’s.



She’s an inspiration and living proof that: “IF YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN ACHIEVE!”

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