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Feb 13, 2019
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Jessica Dubroff was a seven-year-old girl who died while attempting to become the youngest person to fly a light utility aircraft across the US. She had about 33 hours of flight training, but was not a certified student. On day two of her quest, the over-loaded Cessna, piloted by her flight instructor, stalled and crashed in a rainstorm immediately after takeoff from Cheyenne, Wyoming, killing Jessica, her 57-year-old father, and her flight instructor. The father had been setting up publicity interviews along the way, leading them to rush the flight into the storm. At the time of her trip, there was no record-keeping body that recognized any feats by underage pilots. However, local, national, and international news media picked up and publicized her story, and closely followed her attempt until its fatal ending. Instructor Reid Reid reportedly told his wife that he considered the flight a "non-event for aviation", simply "flying cross country with a 7-year-old sitting next to you and the parents paying for it

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