{"id":6200,"date":"2017-11-05T20:01:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T04:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsincerity.wpengine.com\/?p=196"},"modified":"2023-05-18T12:07:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T12:07:26","slug":"isaiah-is-making-amelia-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/isaiah-is-making-amelia-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen from Compton Becomes Youngest to Fly Across the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With co-pilot and mentor, Robin Petgrave, Cooper took the two-week, 8,000 mile journey last July. During the trip they hit a rough patch of weather and Cooper landed the plane like an expert.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper&nbsp;learned how to fly at an after-school program for at-risk youth in Compton, called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tamuseum.org\/\">Tomorrow&#8217;s Aeronautical Museum<\/a>, that teaches kids about aviation&nbsp;and helps them with their academics.&nbsp;Once Cooper started he was totally hooked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Flying is] making him truly believe he can do anything he wants to,&#8221; said Robin Petgrave, his flight instructor who accompanied him on the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently so, because his next goal is to be the youngest person ever to fly around the world, at the ripe old age of 18.<\/p>\n<p>Dang, Isaiah. We have some maaad respect for your grit and motivation. Keep it up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 37.4537037037% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BKED2MMgP9m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Welcome to the beautiful city of Fullerton \u2600<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Isaiah Cooper (@isaiahcooperpilot) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-09-07T17:40:46+00:00\">Sep 7, 2016 at 10:40am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With co-pilot and mentor, Robin Petgrave, Cooper took the two-week, 8,000 mile journey last July. 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