Each Friday, AOPA releases a weekly wrap-up on Instagram called "Lightning Round." It's through this series and AOPA's Fly-in at the Buckeye Air Fair that I met our featured social media pilot of the month, Maddy Wescott. Wescott, a private pilot, is a sophomore enrolled in Arizona State University's Part 141 professional flight program and hopes to fly for the airlines. "Both of my parents were real estate agents and after accompanying them on showings I learned quickly that I was not interested in real estate whatsoever," Wescott said. "I started researching careers that allowed for traveling and had a sufficient salary and saw 'pilot' as the most common suggestion."
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