Winging It
Just Turned 16? For East Rock Sophomore, It’s Time To Fly
Posted: September 20, 2012
Michael Price, who has flown with United Airlines since 1988, hands his son, Samuel, a set of captain’s wings after the 16-year-old completed his first solo flight at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport. “He learned his left from his right in an airplane,” Michael Price says of his son. (Photos by Michael Reilly / DN-R)
Michael Price cuts the tail off son Samuel’s T-shirt after the 16-year-old completed his first solo flight at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport on Wednesday. Cutting off the shirttail of a new flier is a traditional sign of the confidence that the student pilot has earned, signifying that no instructor needs to tug on his shirt to get his attention.
Samuel Price rises from the runway on his solo.
WEYERS CAVE — Wednesday evening might mark the only time Samuel Price ever steps out of a plane to applause.
After landing a blue-and-white Cessna 172 Skyhawk, Price climbed out of the...
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