She is pursuing her dream of becoming a pilot as a sophomore at the United States Air Force Academy.

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His lawyer says he was following his dream to become a commercial pilot and the schools were cheap.

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His career dream was to be a pilot, but that was thwarted when he failed the final year of school.

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While Carmen's high scores get her a dream job, a starship pilot, Rico is gutting it out in infantry boot camp and then in the trenches on desolate planets.

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Airplane or helicopter pilot was the second most common dream jobs among men in the U.S.. Almost 7% of male respondents said they dreamed of flying.

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That was the dream she fastened onto, desperately wanting to be a pilot or astronaut at a time when few women could aspire to such roles.

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