Monday, 13 May 2013

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Kolkata: This is story of courage and passion of 21 year old Malaysian Pilot who was born with dyslexia. The Malaysian Pilot managed to fly half way around the world in a tiny, single engine Cessna 210 eagle aircraft.

The Malaysian Pilot James Anthony Tan started his journey from Langkawi on 26th March 2013 and will expect to return to Malaysia on 15th May 2013. The pilot had been scheduled to arrive Kolkata on 11th May 2013 as part of his journey.

The Press Conference had been organized by Tourism Malaysia, New Delhi for this young talent to interact with local media from Kolkata and share his experience with them. Mr.Raszlan Abdul Rashid, Acting High commissioner of Malaysia, Mr.Sanjay Budhia, Honorary Consul of Malaysia, Kolkata and Mr. Amran Bin Abdul Rahman, Director, Tourism Malaysia, New Delhi were also there to applaud this young talent. The Conference was held in The Grand Oberoi, Kolkata and 25 top most media people from Kolkata were present to capture this event.

According to James, he always wanted to do something to inspire and motivate people and convey message to youngster from all over the world that nothing is impossible. Tan maintains a tracking system on his website which indicates the progress of his journey he has made.

James also expressed in the press conference that he had some moments of concern about sufficient fuel, and weather when he was flying from Russia to Alaska and saw frozen waves. It was bit scary for him when random thoughts were coming in his mind “what would happen if something will go wrong”.

James, who has piloting Licence from Australia and UK Civil Aviation, is not only the youngest pilot to fly alone around the world in a single engine aircraft but will also achieve this feat in the shortest duration among other record holders in this category, recognized by the World Record Academy.

Despite of suffering from dyslexia, he always tries to raise awareness about problem faced by children with special needs and motivate them to chase their own dreams.

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