MEET JESSICA COX, THE WORLD'S FIRST EVER ARMLESS LICENCED PILOT IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.

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Jessica Cox was conceived like any other child in 1983, in Sierra Vista, Arizona, however without arms. Not even the doctors present on the day of her introduction to the world could give any meaningful reason regarding why she was born armless.

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Be that as it may, to Jessica this disability never constrained her from accomplishing awesome things, infact with her feet which she uses to do most things, she has accomplished and achieved alot and she is a motivation to everybody everywhere throughout the world.

Jessica has figured out how to do what each ordinary human does with his or her hand with her feet. As a growing up child, jessica attempted everything, from swim exercises to girls scouts, modelling, tap dancing and at 14 years old, she'd effectively earned a black belt in Taekwondoat. She similarly fed herself, dressed herself up and did most things herself.

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When she was born, individuals around thought about how she would live a normal life considering the fact that she had no hands, anyway with Jessica's determination combined with the great support she got from her friends and loved ones particularly her dad, she was able to achieve all she set her mind to do utilizing her feet.

After Jessica was done with secondary school, she similarly picked up induction into the University of Arizona where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Psychology. Jessica clarified that the psychology she read as a degree course truly helped her towards her way in life since it made her think way above her physical confinements.

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Jessica's most remarkable achievement was figuring out how to fly and the most fascinating part is that she figured out how to fly a plane with her feet and without prosthetic arms or any form of extra support.

Becoming a pilot wasn't always a dream for Jessica, but her zeal for always wanting to attempt new and impossible things made her venture into endeavoring to fly an aeroplane, after flying in a plane with a military pilot quite a long while back, she was inspired to attempt it.

What's more, obviously her choice to fly a plane came with it's difficulties, aside from that reality that it was anything but a simple task, individuals around the aviation questioned her capacity to vanquish such difficulties as a result of her birth condition.

In 2005 at 25 years old years jessica began flying and in 2008 after broad training, she earned her Light Sport Pilot Certificate and to crown everything, in 2011, her name was composed in the history books and additionally the Guinness World Record as the "First armless Person in the world's history ever to Have Obtained a Pilot's License."

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Presently Jessica is married and has ventured out to more than 30 nations and now functions as a motivational speaker. She ventures to the far corners of the planet sharing her story and contacting the world particularly the general population with special needs, encouraging them to be creative, innovative and define objectives and work towards achieving them.

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