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Article: California teen sets four world flying records.(CHILDREN)(Jonathan Strickland )(Brief article)
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- Jet
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- August 14, 2006
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While most teens spend their summer shooting hoops on the court or swimming at the pool, Jonathan Strickland pilots airplanes-and breaks world records in the process.
The 14-year-old recently earned a page in history books when he became the youngest solo pilot to successfully fly a helicopter and airplane on the same day. The Inglewood resident also set the record for being the youngest African-American to solo a helicopter, the youngest African-American to fly a helicopter internationally and the youngest African-American to fly a helicopter roundtrip internationally.
Strickland, a young man of few words, is modest to say the least, when it comes to ...