When I graduated, my children gave me flying lessons (which, I confess, I never used).

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And when I began taking flying lessons, my grandmother asked me if it was a good idea.

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With money earned from odd jobs, he took flying lessons and obtained his pilot's license even before he got a car license.

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Obsessed with planes: midlife crisis on 30th birthday led to flying lessons.

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Dad gave Lewis flying lessons and a love of airplanes.

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He said that, once airborne, pilots would have to leave the restricted zone, which would take about 25 minutes, rendering it pointless for short helicopter flights or one-hour flying lessons.

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He sustained himself financially by giving flying lessons and barnstorming around the country before becoming the chief pilot for Queen City Flying Service and eventually a pilot for Pan Am, where he would take on the responsibility of flying the company President and Founder, Juan Trippe.

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