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At last she was ,QF¶V:LSOLQHDPSKLELRXVÀRDWV7KHRULJLQDO able to pursue her lifelong dream - to obtain her private 7&0,2.HQJLQHKDVDOVREHHQPRGL¿HGXSSLQJ SLORWOLFHQVHLQD&HVVQDLQ&KDQJLQJMREVWR WKHKRUVHSRZHUIURPWR7KHRZQHURIWKLV Ross Abbott as a pharmaceutical representative, getting VSHFLDO;3DIIHFWLRQDWHO\FDOOHGSamanthaLV6XVDQ PDUULHGKDYLQJDFKLOGDQGEX\LQJD&HVVQD VanFleet, owner/operator of VanFleet Aviation based in WREXLOGWLPHNHSWWKLQJVEXV\IRU9DQ)OHHW7KH Hickory, NC. well-paying job also allowed VanFleet to advance in her pilot ratings. VanFleet had been after me for months to experience ÀRDWÀ\LQJLQSamanthaDQGWKHRSSRUWXQLW\¿QDOO\ ,Q9DQ)OHHWVWDUWHGKHUIXOOWLPHÀ\LQJFDUHHU came on a beautiful May morning in North Carolina. DVDÀLJKWLQVWUXFWRUDQGVKRUWO\DIWHUZDVKLUHGE\ +RZHYHUEHIRUHZHJHWWRWKHÀ\LQJ,EHOLHYHLW¶V WKH8QLYHUVLW\RI*HRUJLDWRÀ\WKHLU&HVVQDIRU DSSURSULDWHWRRIIHUDOLWWOHEDFNJURXQGRQ9DQ)OHHW±DQ the administration and athletic departments. And she interesting story in of itself. 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