AMAZING GIRL

This should inspire each of us to be our best in whatever we choose to do.
Oxford and Cambridge should now remove the words CAN'T and IMPOSSIBLE
from their dictionary Jessica Cox, 25, a girl born without arms, stands inside an
aircraft. The girl from Tucson, Arizona got the Sport Pilot certificate lately and
became the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet. Jessica Cox of Tucson
was born without arms, but that has only stopped her from doing one thing:
using the word "can't."Her latest flight into the seemingly impossible is becoming
the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet. With one foot manning the
controls and the other delicately guiding the steering column, Cox, 25, soared
to achieve a Sport Pilot certificate. Her certificate qualifies her to fly a light-sport
aircraft to altitudes of 10,000 feet. "She's a good pilot. She's rock solid," said
Parrish Traweek, 42, the flying instructor at San Manuel's Ray Blair Airport.
Parrish Traweek runs PC Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Services and has
trained many pilots, some of whom didn't come close to Cox's abilities. "When
she came up here driving a car," Traweek recalled, "I knew she'd have no problem
flying a plane."Doctors never learned why she was born without arms, but she
figured out early on that she didn't want to use prosthetic devices. Jessica Cox, 25,
earned a license to fly airplanes on October 10, 2008. Jessica also has two black
belts in Tae Kwan-Do, a college degree in Psychology, and a thriving career as
a motivational speaker. What doesn't Jessica Cox have? Arms.A bilateral
congenital limb deficiency doesn't stop Ms. Cox from achieving and surpassing
her goals. From birth on, her feet became her hands. She can drive a car, type 25
words per minute, and fly an airplane using her feet, without any special
adaptations. She is the first woman without arms to earn a license to fly.
"I highly encourage people with disabilities to consider flying," Cox said.
"It helps reverse the stereotype that people with disabilities are powerless into
the belief that they are powerful and capable of setting high goals and achieving
them." Jessica earned her Sport Pilot certificate after training with Able Flight,
a North Carolina flight training company that specializes in helping people with
disabilities learn to fly. Ms. Cox won an Able Flight scholarship and was able
to train with instructor Parrish Traweek free of charge.