Sentences at a year and a half. she excelled in school. threw a wicked curveball. and had a sixth sense for the outdoors developed elk hunting with her dad. she s a great kid. but she s always wanted to go off and do the next thing, huh? the next thing. do it as good as you can. more than anything, mckenzie wanted to fly. frankly, that desire came packaged in her genes. great-grandfather, grandfather, uncles like jared hanson all pilots. mckenzie s uncle and grandpa got together. we talked and said that if she wants to do it, let s help her out. her parents were fine with it too. a lot of people would look at this and say, god, you really feel okay about letting your daughter go off and fly an airplane at that age? our dater chose to go up and fly in an airplane. i was more scared of her driving than flying. when mckenzie was 17, her
Outdoors developed elk hunting with her dad. she s a great kid. reporter: but she s always wanted to go off and do the next thing huh? the next thing. do it as good as you can. reporter: more than anything, mckenzie wanted to fly. frankly, that desire came packaged in her genes. great-grandfather, grandfather, uncles like jared hanson all pilots. mckenzie s uncle and grandpa got together. we talked and said that if she wants to do it, let s help her out. reporter: her parents were fine with it too. a lot of people would look at this and say, god, you really feel okay about letting your daughter go off and fly an airplane at that age? i see kids these days, and they don t even communicate. they sit there and text. our daughter chose to go up and fly in an airplane. i was more scared of her driving than flying. reporter: when mckenzie was 17, her uncle loaned her his cessna 172, and her grandfather paid for flying lessons. bobbi powers was mckenzie s teacher, had be
And a sixth sense for the outdoors developed elk hunting with her dad. she s a great kid. always wanted to go off and do the next thing? the next thing. doing as good as you can. reporter: more than anything, mckenzie wanted to fly. frankly, that desire came packaged in her genes. great-grandfather, grandfather, uncles, like jared hansen, all pilots. mckenzie s uncle and grandpa got together. we talked and said that if she wants to do it let s help her out. reporter: her parents were fine with it, too. a lot of people would look at this and say you really feel good about letting your daughter go off and fly an airplane at her age? our daughter chose to go up and fly in an airplane. i was more scared of her driving than flying. reporter: when mckenzie was 17, her uncle loaned her his