I would just like to say a big thank you for all the support I have received these last couple days! Huge shoutout to my fellow finalists, I hope to be able to meet up at a fly-in event once restrictions ease on international travel. Keep up your flight and music passions!
A little about me, I am graduating from Hunting Hills High School in Red Deer, Alberta in June. I began music lessons at the age of 3, moving to piano lessons at the age of 5 and I have played guitar since the age of 10. I joined Concert Band and Jazz Band in middle school playing clarinet and keyboard. In high school, I joined our school’s Rock Band for 2 years as a keyboardist and I played alto saxophone for Jazz. I joined Steel Drums in grade 11 and I love it. It is very different from any other instrument I have played before and it’s a lot of fun!
I started flight lessons at the age of 8 and I was the youngest to take lessons at my local airport. Although I couldn’t reach the rudder pedals at the time, I learned the basics of flight and I completed a portion of ground school. Unfortunately I was unable to continue flying due to funding, but I am so thankful for this opportunity presented by the FMA community. I will be pursuing my passion for aviation further by beginning by bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering at Concordia University in Montreal in the fall.
I’m very excited to start this new chapter of my life and to share it with all of you!
Congrats to fellow Canadian, Shaylene! Looking forward to hearing your story and how you progress!
Congratulations! I am attending Penn State University for Aerospace Engineering in the Fall as well!
Congratulations Shaylene! Best of luck in your endeavors! I’m a multi-instrumentalist too, in harmonica, guitar, valve trombone & accordion. You’ll be a great pilot!
Welcome aboard, Shaylene! We’re happy to have you as a member, and I for one will be following your adventure closely. Be sure to keep us posted on your progress.
Safe Skies,
Paul
Go Shaylene,
From what you expressed, you started in music at a very early age. Good got a lot of the hard stuff out of the way. now you can enjoy the fruits of your work as it’s probably getting easier to play other Instruments with a lot of the theory behind you.
You are young with lots of time to pursue your dreams. work on building bridges to your goals, making friends and connections along the way. Your high energy and pumped up when your young. stay motivated and passionate.
Congratulations! I’m excited for you!
Congratulations on the scholarship! I can’t wait to read about your journey to solo!
Thanks for your post Shaylene! Congratulations, and we all look forward to hearing about your continued pursuits in aviation (and music)!