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(Above) Able Flight student Brandi Fields sits in one of the Vashon Ranger Light Sport airplanes used in training students with physical disabilities to become licensed pilots. (Bottom photo) The second SIU Aviation Able Flight class is (front row, from left) students Chris Karadjov (with Ahri) and Ronny Ahmed (with Wallace) and (back row) SIU Aviation’s Victoria Mathieu, students Ryan Berndt, Domenico “Nick” Lazzaro, Brandi Fields, and SIU Aviation’s David Nelson and Miguel Marroquin. (Photos by Russell Bailey)

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