On the Wings of a Dream

Tience Sumartini fell in love with flying when she was 26 years old. On day in the 1970's she and her husband saw a glider in the sky and that caught her attention. She followed the glider and where it landed and asked the pilot more about it. She and her friends set up a club and decided that they would take private lessons with a professional pilot and learn how to fly in her free time. Tience did her first solo flight in a glider at Pondol Cabe in a swizer aircraft. Two years later she became a pilot and she made three planes and set up a serious of aviation-related businesses, such as PT ATS Buana Airtech. She owns five private aircraft parked in Australia. Although she has stopped flying now because her lisence expired, 55 years-old, her passion for planes are still there.

I think that this is great because she started from nothing and now, very successful. It's great that she never gave up and kept continuing her dream to be a pilot.

Questions:
If you had the change to become a pilot, would you take it?

Jakarta Post p. 32, April 1, 2009