PITTSFIELD — Two Maine Central Institute class of 2021 graduates, Randall Starbird and Emelyn Hatch, both of Pittsfield, have been part of the school’s aviation program for high school and pre-college students working towards receiving their private pilot’s licenses.

Both are flying solo and have either taken their exams or are close to taking their exams for their private pilot’s licenses.

Starbird plans to study commercial aviation at the University of North Dakota’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences.

Hatch plans to attend the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fall.

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