{"id":1134,"date":"2017-05-14T18:25:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T18:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpjw2017.local\/2017\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=1134"},"modified":"2019-04-03T02:14:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T02:14:35","slug":"the-pilot","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/cpjw.unc.edu\/2017\/stories\/the-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: FFFFFF;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:EAE9E9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:55;line-height:1.09;\"><h1>The Pilot<\/h1><\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:E0DEDE;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>By\u00a0Rob Gourley<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-two-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:40%;width:calc(40% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.4 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><a id=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/cpjw.unc.edu\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PILOT_Gourley_Selects-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"prettyPhoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cpjw.unc.edu\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PILOT_Gourley_Selects-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h3>&#8220;The instructors change people&#8217;s lives. They take something that is a dream and make it a reality.&#8221; -William Nelson<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-three-fifth fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:60%;width:calc(60% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.6 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Since he was a child, William Nelson has dreamed of flight. His uncle would take him and his sister to watch airplanes land at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. 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