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>> so, when the time came for mckenzie to fly solo, bobbi didn't worry. >> how did she do in that first solo flight? >> she did great. she did awesome. >> and then after three weeks of training, one last test flight, the big one. the cross country solo. the faa insists it be at least five hours, over 150 nautical miles, with stops in three different airports, followed by three landings at a towered airport. in this case, billings, montana. a challenge, of course. but if mckenzie was confident, and she was, well then, so were her parents. >> it's not that she just was sent up in an airplane, i ...

Thing in and around billings, montana, since she was born. that is your ticket to what? >> anywhere i want to go. i fly it through canada. i fly it to mexico. you know, you get to see things that a lot of times, that other people never going to get to see. >> reporter: so when the girl showed up in flight school in nearby laurel in august 2013 brimming with confidence, bobbi jumped right in. she could see right away mckenzie was a natural. like when she put her in frosted goggles and asked to fly by instruments only. >> i put her in situation where is she couldn't see out the window and i'd sa...

Today. it was great to talk to the president and even better to talk to bruce. >> the cast of mtv's jersey shore is planning to help rebuild its namesake. stars of the mtv reality show will be part of a fundraising special on mtv next week. in other news, a near fatal collision at a small texas airport was all caught on tape. it's amazing. watch this. a student pilot on his first solo flight was moments away from a smooth landing when the landing gear clips the passing suv. the video was capped captured by the pilot's wife as -- the teu dent is four weeks away from receiving his license but ...

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