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FLY BOY 10-YEAR-OLD FROM STUDIO CITY, WITH 23 HOURS IN THE AIR, IS AMONG THE YOUNGEST PILOTS IN THE NATION.

Publication: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Publication Date: 21-AUG-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: FLY BOY 10-YEAR-OLD FROM STUDIO CITY, WITH 23 HOURS IN THE AIR, IS AMONG THE YOUNGEST PILOTS IN THE NATION.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: DANA BARTHOLOMEW, STAFF WRITER PHOTOS BY MICHAEL OWEN

BAKER, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

VAN NUYS - Few would brave the 405 Freeway with a gap-toothed kid behind the wheel.

Yet 10-year-old Charlie Goldfarb flew a Piper Warrior over the car- choked commuter slab Wednesday with the pluck of a precision ace.

"Don't worry. I've been doing this for four weeks. I know what I'm doing," Charlie declared before banking the plane over the Santa Monica Mountains with his

Hollywood Aviators flight trainer at his side.

The Studio City boy, with 23 hours in the air, is among the youngest pilots in the nation, according to pilot organizations and flight instructors.

Though he can't legally drive, he can pilot a 180-horsepower aircraft out of the nation's busiest general aviation airport -- as long as his flight instructor...

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