Canyon student takes to skies alone

While some students were lazing over the winter holiday break, Mia Kuyumjian reached a milestone:  the Canyon High School junior completed her first solo flight at Fullerton Airport.
Mia is part of the CHS Aviation Program headed by Steve Smith, and completed Aviation I and II classes at Canyon before passing her FAA private pilot written exam last spring.
After the first solo flight, a flight training tradition is to cut the back of the new pilot’s shirt, and mark it to commemorate th