My Future Flight is Bright in the Skies
Meet Jake, a vibrant grade 5 student from Manitoba, Canada, whose head is filled with dreams of the vast, blue sky. In this touching short story, he takes us on a journey through his eyes, showing us a passion that soars as high as the clouds. We're confident that Jake's dreams will take him far—perhaps even further than he imagines. A heartfelt thank you to Jake for sharing his aspirations with us. Air Canada, watch out! You've got a promising pilot aiming to grace your skies!
Since I was younger I wanted to be a pilot. Flying high in the sky and doing stunts just like in Top Gun. I watch it like, a million times. And not just Top Gun, but any movie with planes doing cool stunts. Those pilots are like superheroes to me so tell me who wouldn’t want to fly and touch the clouds? My name is Jake, and I’m 10 years old. Some of my friends want to be doctors or astronauts but I wanna be a pilot for Air Canada. My dad kind of likes the airline and they fly all over the world. Just imagine me flying to places like Europe or even my home where I was born in Dubai in my own plane.
I also have posters of planes on my walls and models of some more planes on my shelves. I also love my favourite plane the Boeing 777 because it is so big and I love all fighter jets too. My mom always says my room looks like an airport not a bedroom. Every night before bed I grab my toy plane, and try make it fly around my room. This year for my birthday my mom said she will get me a remote controlled airplane.
My favourite subject in school is social studies. I really love it when we talk about geography and learn different countries. That’s when I think about flying there someday. My teacher also knows about my dream. She always tells me, to study hard, and one day I will be flying, to all those places.
I can think everyday about where I’m the captain of a big Air Canada plane. When I’m a pilot I’m going to take passengers safely from countries. When we land, all the passengers clap and cheer. Makes me feel like a hero like Tom Cruise from Top Gun.
But it’s not just about flying. I wanna be a pilot to make people happy, to take them to visit their families or on exciting vacations. My grandpa once told me, “Jake, pilots are like magicians. They make people’s dreams of flying come true.” And I wanna do just that.
Being a pilot sounds like a big dream but it is not impossible if I study hard. Someday, I’ll be up there, flying an Air Canada plane, and it’s gonna be awesome. Until then I am learning everything I can about flying.