“My name is Antoine and I am 13 years old. My dream is to become an airline pilot. But, before that, I would like to obtain my microlight pilot’s license [aéronef ultraléger motorisé]. Training is expensive, so that’s why I’m contacting you. I would like to distribute the newspaper every morning […] in exchange for some money. On April 26, Antoine Laurent sent this message to the editorial staff of Lorraine Republican. Unfortunately, his request was unsuccessful because at 13, you’re still a bit young for this job… But Antoine isn’t giving up. “I can take care of animals or do the shopping for the elderly,” says the fifth-grade student from Charlemagne College, in Thionville. Her dad, Jonathan, nods with a smile. The wise, shy child knows what he wants and is not at his first attempt. “Last summer, when we were going on holiday by plane, he wrote a letter to the pilot which the flight attendant gave him shortly before takeoff. He had the right to spend forty-five minutes in the cockpit observing, which further accentuated his desire to become a pilot, “laughs Antoine’s father, who often takes him to Findel, the international airport. from Luxembourg, to watch planes take off and land.
From climbing to piloting
Passionate about climbing, which he practices sometimes with the section of his college sometimes with the climbing club of Thionville, the teenager likes to gain height. A fan of air meetings, he was able to convince his family to spend two days at Le Bourget, next June, to visit the Air Show. Last year, he had already participated in the “Luxembourg Defense Open Air Days” and, on this occasion, he was able to board a military plane, the Airbus A 400 M Atlas. A memorable memory for the teenager who aspires not to embrace a military career, but to become a pilot at Cargolux, the Luxembourg cargo airline. While waiting to grow up a little, Antoine dreams of piloting a ULM within two years, the time for him to build up a sufficient kitty thanks to his “odd jobs”. Touching with determination and motivated by his passion for aeronautics, the young inhabitant of Kœnigsmacker believes in his lucky star provided he knows how to seize it… on the fly.
Contact : laurent.jonathan1@orange.fr
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