Meet 17-year-old Ayesha Aziz, who hails from Khawaja Bagh in north
Kashmir’s Baramulla district. She is the youngest Kashmiri girl to be
awarded the student pilot license by Bombay Flying Club.
“It is a dream come true,” she says. Ayesha said that she had dreamt of flying an airplane since her school days.
Besides being a member of Indian Women Pilots’ Association, Ayesha has the Flight Radio Telephone Operator’s License (FRTOL) to her name. She cleared the exam of Student Pilot License in November 2011 and obtained the Flight Radio Telephone Operator’s License in another examination.
Ayesha is now aiming for commercial pilot license for which she is striving hard to clear the commercial pilot license (CPL) examination.
Bombay Flying Club, where she studies is the oldest flying club in India. It is considered as a premier aviation institute approved by Director General of Civil Aviation (Government of India).
At an age of 14, Ayesha set out to realize her dream of becoming a pilot. She thinks after getting her commercial pilot license, she will opt for higher education in Aviation and Aeronautics engineering.
Ayesha says Sunita Williams has remained her inspiration for all these years. During her days in Mumbai Flying Club NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) visited her school to select meritorious students for space training program.
Ask her about Kashmir and she excitingly recalls her visits to the Valley. "Kashmir has played a significant role in my life and I am emotionally attached to it," Ayesha said. She has a word of advice for the youth in Kashmir especially girls -- not to be bothered by politics and to follow their heart. "I have the pictures in my mind of the sufferings and everything that is happening in Kashmir. I am waiting for the day when all these bad things end," she said.
"I want to tell the Kashmiri youth to follow their hearts and dreams. There are avenues you should follow and not just run after medicine and engineering. And do not be after politics. Do not bother your mind by it....That is not how it should be," she added.
She was in the list of toppers when they (NASA) took students for such a prestigious program. Ayesha completed two months of advanced training in NASA.
Ayesha feels very satisfied about her parents who supported her all along the way. Of the earlier experiences as a pilot, she operated a C-172R aircraft for almost ten hours.
Source : Daily.bhaskar.com
“It is a dream come true,” she says. Ayesha said that she had dreamt of flying an airplane since her school days.Besides being a member of Indian Women Pilots’ Association, Ayesha has the Flight Radio Telephone Operator’s License (FRTOL) to her name. She cleared the exam of Student Pilot License in November 2011 and obtained the Flight Radio Telephone Operator’s License in another examination.
Ayesha is now aiming for commercial pilot license for which she is striving hard to clear the commercial pilot license (CPL) examination.
Bombay Flying Club, where she studies is the oldest flying club in India. It is considered as a premier aviation institute approved by Director General of Civil Aviation (Government of India).
At an age of 14, Ayesha set out to realize her dream of becoming a pilot. She thinks after getting her commercial pilot license, she will opt for higher education in Aviation and Aeronautics engineering.
Ayesha says Sunita Williams has remained her inspiration for all these years. During her days in Mumbai Flying Club NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) visited her school to select meritorious students for space training program.
Ask her about Kashmir and she excitingly recalls her visits to the Valley. "Kashmir has played a significant role in my life and I am emotionally attached to it," Ayesha said. She has a word of advice for the youth in Kashmir especially girls -- not to be bothered by politics and to follow their heart. "I have the pictures in my mind of the sufferings and everything that is happening in Kashmir. I am waiting for the day when all these bad things end," she said.
"I want to tell the Kashmiri youth to follow their hearts and dreams. There are avenues you should follow and not just run after medicine and engineering. And do not be after politics. Do not bother your mind by it....That is not how it should be," she added.
She was in the list of toppers when they (NASA) took students for such a prestigious program. Ayesha completed two months of advanced training in NASA.
Ayesha feels very satisfied about her parents who supported her all along the way. Of the earlier experiences as a pilot, she operated a C-172R aircraft for almost ten hours.
Source : Daily.bhaskar.com
