On 2005-06-18 05:30, Belle wrote:
Good guess, but according to authorities who interviewed the boy, he
has no access to computers or video games. He just hied himself to the
library & read & read & read about small planes & flight manuals.


If that's true, then I'm impressed.

Any young kid today actually *reading*, and understanding enough about
flight to actually try it out, with partial success (in the context of
'any landing you walk away from is a good landing'), must have a strong
drive to become pilot.

But where were the 'Young Eagles' or glider clubs in his hometown?
There must be ways to put such a kid in contact with airsports legally,
either at the library or at the airport, IMO.

/Rolf