THE NEED FOR SPEED: MARATHON HS STUDENT WINS SCHOLARSHIP TO FLY
On March 29, 16-year-old Molly Prince received the first check for her EAA Chapter 1241 youth flying scholarship at Marathon Airport. For the Keys Weekly photo opp, she wore mirrored aviator sunglasses while flight instructor Sol Bradman handed her a check and gave a thumbs-up, in true Top Gun style.
All we needed was Maverick and Ice Man in flight suits to saunter on by, and the scene would have been perfect.
But it’s perfect enough for Prince. “I feel really blessed,” Prince told Keys Weekly. “It’s really cool. Especially being one of the few women in the field.”
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