The last "Brooks Girl" solo'ed on her 16th Birthday!!!

We had a "special" private pilot solo at the Siler City Airport.....Miss Monika Brooks solo'ed on Thursday...

While that is special - it's special for a couple of more reasons....

She joins a minority of pilots that are female - just over 5% of the US pilot population is female.  

She solo'ed on her 16th birthday - BEFORE she got her drivers license!

She is the last of the "Brooks Girls" - the three sisters that all solo'ed on their 16th birthdays.

And, she did the flight in her late-grandfather's (Gyles Brooks)  Cessna!   Congrats to the whole family -  mom and dad - Alan and Carole,  the other sisters - Bridgette and Skye, and Grandma Becky, of course!  Gyles would be so proud!

Getting her "shirt-tail" cut by dad/flight instructor Alan.... look at that beautiful Carolina sky!!

Well done, Monika!  

Such a great day!