Raissi had spent the previous year studying in the United States for his pilot qualifications.
With money earned from odd jobs, he took flying lessons and obtained his pilot's license even before he got a car license.
The world number 15, who is in the process of obtaining his pilot's licence, said he had needed to keep his focus despite his enormous lead.
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Two of his three restaurants lost power, Mr. Pres said, so he spent Wednesday hauling chickpeas and vegetables in his Honda Pilot to his one restaurant with electricity.
Last month he drove from his hometown in northern California to San Diego to attend a reunion of his old pilot buddies.
The allegation relates to the instruction and examination Mr Spencer undertook for his private pilot's licence in December 2007, the court heard.
U.S. investigators partly blamed his rusty pilot skills.
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Florida Governor Jeb Bush made parental choice his top priority, spending considerable time and political capital to pilot his plan through a not-always-enthusiastic legislature.
The Honorable George Herbert Walker Bush. (Applause.) From his time as a decorated Navy pilot to his years in the White House as the 41st President of the United States, President George Herbert Walker Bush has led a life marked by a profound commitment to serving others.
But with his own plane in a near-vertical, nose-down dive, the pilot and his crew had little time to think about the fate of the Chinese pilot.
And in 1994, he traveled to North Korea to negotiate the release of an American helicopter pilot and the remains of his downed co-pilot.
As Gemini 8 Command Pilot, his March 16, 1966 mission with Pilot David Scott entailed complex rendezvous and docking maneuvers with an unmanned Agena target vehicle which ultimately required recovery from a harrowing, out-of-control spacecraft roll.
His co-pilot acts as a look-out and checks that the information from the computer is correct.
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His co-pilot will act as a look-out and check that the information from the computer is correct.
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Today, he owns Boston's Lewis Wharf, which serves as the base for his privately held Pilot House entities.
This means that Palaniappan Chidambaram is back as finance minister, and will pilot his sensible budget through parliament.
At Burning Man, perhaps in an ode to his fighter-pilot days, he can be seen in Mad Max industrial-style leather outfits with leather goggles.
Captain John Easson, 49, from Bride, Isle of Man and his co-pilot, Bill Henderson, 54, of Lower Largo, Fife, also died, as did Airtours pilot Colin Finnie, from Irvine, Ayrshire.
Snoddy and his father shared a love for flying -- Matt Snoddy as a pilot and his dad as a passenger.
The MiG's military pilot and his instructor, Majid Tayari, were sent to prison.
After the impact, Osborn said, he saw the parachute of the Chinese pilot and his smoking fighter jet plunging toward the South China Sea.
Fossett was an exceptionally well-trained and careful pilot for his record-breaking missions.
Because it was proving so successful it was picked by TV scientist Professor Heinz Wolff to run the pilot of his Care4Care idea.
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The magistrate said the court was studying evidence that showed Raissi flew more hours than one would expect for a pilot with his qualifications.
He said air traffic control contacted the pilot after noticing an unusual manoeuvre minutes after take-off and the pilot said his plane had hit a vulture.
Mr Spencer's son-in-law, Michael Carr, who was also taught by Mr King, told the court his father-in-law was fanatical about flying and had already achieved his fixed-wing pilot's licence.
When war broke out in 1939, Freeborn temporarily gave up his fledgling career to train as a fighter pilot, only to almost lose his life to Asian flu and haemophilia.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Danville, California -- Sullenberger's hometown -- confirmed to CNN on Sunday that the pilot and his family will attend Tuesday's inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama in Washington.
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