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PREFLIGHT FIVE QUESTIONS
BY JULIE SUMMERS WALKER
MASON ROWE
REACHING FOR THE STARS-AND ALL THE AIRPLANES IN BETWEEN
WHEN 17-YEAR-OLD MASON ROWE SPOKE ONSTAGE IN THE AOPA PAVILION AT
EAA AirVenture 2022, the audience couldn't help expressing amazement and
giving him applause. The recipient of an AOPA high school flight training
scholarship has not only earned his private pilot certificate, but he has flown
more than 28 different types of aircraft. He works as an apprentice to an A&P
at his local airport and his mentor takes him to check out the various aircraft
the FBO repairs. The young man has many flying goals, one of which is to earn
his flight instructor certificate so he can teach his father-who flew with him
to Oshkosh-how to fly.
How did you get started in aviation?
On my ninth birthday I went for my first
airplane ride in a Cessna 210 with the local
FBO. After that, I went to two aviation
camps at the Aviation Museum of Kentucky
in Lexington, Kentucky, where I got to log
15 minutes of flight time each time. At 12
I also joined the Civil Air Patrol where I
started flying gliders and received orientation
flights in a Cessna 172. That fall I went
out to the Ohio County Airport (JQD) for
a ride in a J-3 Cub and met the new FBO
[manager] David Woosley. He took me for
a ride in a Navion and since then I've been
working with him as an A&P apprentice.
Biggest challenges? Being that I started
at age 12, my biggest challenge was my age.
At 14 I soloed a glider because that was the
only thing the FAA would let someone that
young fly. I had to wait until my sixteenth
birthday to solo a powered airplane and wait
until 17 to finally get my license.
Favorite aircraft? The AT-6 Texan. I love
it for its looks, sound, and history. I would
love to get to fly one someday.
Favorite aviation activity? Flying
Young Eagles. I was a Young Eagle not so
long ago, and I'm so grateful to have flown
21 kids since I got my license in March.
What does your future hold? I plan
on building time for now. I'm currently
working on my instrument and commercial
ratings thanks to the AOPA High School
Aviation Scholarship. I hope to finish my
glider's license before I graduate high
school. I also plan on getting a degree in
aviation maintenance and would like to get a
job where I'm able to build time and end up
flying for UPS.
julie.walker@aopa.org
LOGBOOK
WHO: Mason Rowe, recipient of an AOPA high school flight training scholarship
HOURS: 167 (56.3 is tailwheel and 20.6 is complex)
EXTRA: Flown 28 different types of aircraft, including a 1931 Waco QCF 2,
Tiger Moth, Cessna 140, Super Decathlon, Christen Eagle, and many more.
" I've been blessed to be around a lot of great pilots willing to invest in me. "
20 FLIGHT TRAINING SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022
DAVID TULIS

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