Amazing and wonderful story
Oxford and Cambridge have now decided
to remove the words CAN'T and IMPOSSIBLE from their dictionary.
Jessica
Cox, 25, a girl born without arms, stands inside an aircraft. The girl
from Tucson , Arizona got the Sport Pilot certificate lately and became
the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet. Jessica Cox
of Tucson was born without arms, but that has only stopped her from
doing one thing: using the word "can't."
Her latest flight into the seemingly
impossible is becoming the first pilot licensed to fly using only her
feet.
With one foot manning the controls and
the other delicately guiding the steering column, Cox, 25, soared to
achieve a Sport Pilot certificate Her certificate qualifies her to fly a
light-sport aircraft to altitudes of 10,000 feet.
"She's a good pilot. She's rock
solid," said Parrish Traweek, 42, the flying instructor at San Manuel's
Ray Blair Airport . Parrish Traweek runs PC Aircraft
Maintenance and Flight Services and has trained many pilots, some of
whom didn't come close to Cox's abilities.
"When she came up here driving a car,"
Traweek recalled, "I knew she'd have no problem flying a plane."
Doctors never learned why she was born
without arms, but she figured out early on that she didn't want to use
prosthetic devices. So, the next time you are ready to
tell yourself, "I can't possibly..." remember this amazing young woman
and change your vocabulary.
Jessica
Cox is 25 years old and a motivational speaker from Arizona.