{"id":3868,"date":"2016-05-21T00:45:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T04:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=3868"},"modified":"2016-09-27T14:04:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T18:04:20","slug":"in-focus-pilot-for-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2016\/05\/21\/in-focus-pilot-for-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus: Pilot for a day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norah Carter, 12, got the chance of a lifetime when she was chosen \u201cpilot for a day\u201d at the 911th Airlift Wing in Moon.
\nOn May 11, 2016, Norah, a sixth-grader at Pine-Richland’s Eden Hall Upper Elementary School, was chosen as a pilot and sworn in as an honorary Air Force 2nd lieutenant aboard a C-130 Hercules. She spent the day participating in routine activities on the base and said it was the best day of her life. \u201cI can’t believe they let me ride on this big government plane that they use for actual missions,\u201d she said. \u201cBecoming a pilot for a day is the most amazing ever. I am so honored to be able to do this.\u201d
\nNorah was chosen by the staff at Allegheny General Hospital. She has had several painful surgeries as a result of a genetic disorder that causes orthopedic abnormalities, including scoliosis and hip dysplasia.<\/p>\n

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Norah Carter, 12, of Pine, waves the crowd while aboard a C-130 Hercules at the 911th Airlift Wing in Moon. Carter became a “pilot for a day” and was sworn in as an honorary Air Force 2nd Lieutenant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Norah Carter ,12, walks on the tarmac with Captain Mike DeMaye left, and Master Sergeant Rebecca Jackanic before boarding a C-130 Hercules at the 911th Airlift Wing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Norah Carter, 12, is sworn in as an honorary Air Force 2nd Lieutenant aboard a C-130 Hercules at the 911th Airlift Wing in Moon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Norah Carter salute after being sworn in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Norah Carter, 12, speaks to the media after being sworn in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Norah Carter ,12 is strapped into her seat by Master Sergeant Rebecca Jackanic aboard a C-130 Hercules at the 911th Airlift Wing in Moon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Norah Carter, 12, got the chance of a lifetime when she was chosen \u201cpilot for a day\u201d at the 911th Airlift Wing in Moon.
\nOn May 11, 2016, Norah, a sixth-grader at Pine-Richland’s Eden Hall Upper Elementary School, was chosen as a pilot and sworn in as an honorary Air Force 2nd lieutenant aboard a C-130 Hercules. She spent the day participating in routine activities on the base and said it was the best day of her life. \u201cI can’t believe they let me ride on this big government plane that they use for actual missions,\u201d she said. \u201cBecoming a pilot for a day is the most amazing ever. I am so honored to be able to do this.\u201d
\nNorah was chosen by the staff at Allegheny General Hospital. She has had several painful surgeries as a result of a genetic disorder that causes orthopedic abnormalities, including scoliosis and hip dysplasia.
\n\u2014 Nate Guidry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":3869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,15,187,132],"tags":[],"coauthors":[61],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/09\/20160517ng-InFocus0521-1-1.jpg?fit=4256%2C2592&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3875,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868\/revisions\/3875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3868"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}