Teens in Flight soar above the crowd

Teens heading to new adventures.


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  • | 11:47 a.m. January 8, 2016
Pictured from left to right: Emma McClimans (left) in the cockpit with one of Teens in Flight first female pilots; GiGi Gonzales, Hannah Visintin, and Midshipman Ryan Peeling.  Courtesy photo
Pictured from left to right: Emma McClimans (left) in the cockpit with one of Teens in Flight first female pilots; GiGi Gonzales, Hannah Visintin, and Midshipman Ryan Peeling. Courtesy photo
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Information adapted from a news release

Three Flagler residents, who are active in the Teens-In-Flight program, have been recognized for their outstanding education and leadership skills.

Congressman Ron DeSantis has nominated Teens-In-Flight student pilot, Hannah Visintin for admission to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Teens-In-Flight student pilot, Emma McClimans has been accepted to Texas Christian 

University, for the fall of 2016.  Emma’s dad, U.S. Army Maj. Josh McClimans was killed in action in Afghanistan.

Teens-In-Flight student pilot, midshipman Ryan Peeling, who is a member of the U.S. Navy ROTC at the University of South Florida, has received the prestigious Capt. Jason 

Holbrook remembrance scholarship, for outstanding leadership. Ryan will be representing the 

University of South Florida at a leadership conference, conducted by the U.S. Naval Academy later this school year.

 


 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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