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Kalenga Kamwendo is the youngest commercial pilot in Zambia and he has clocked over 1000 hours of flying with Zambia's leading scheduled airline - Proflight Zambia.

He became Zambia's youngest commercial pilot at the tender age of twenty one (21).

Born in Kitwe in Zambia’s Copperbelt, Kamwendo took an avid interest in the aviation industry whilst in Grade 10 or 11 at school. A strong student in English, Maths and Physics, he enrolled for Forty Three Air School in South Africa’s Eastern Cape after graduating from secondary school in 2011.

He has also been honoured with a presidential award.

Recalling his first day as a commercial pilot, Kamwendo says:

“I was nervous; I didn’t even have the full uniform. I was flying to Kasama and had to be up at 4am”. But that’s all in the past now. He goes on:

“There are tons of thrills, from something as simple as seeing a passenger happy, to the thrill of flying."



"Oh my God! Is he the one who is going to fly us? Is he on training? Did your dad allow you to be here?

These are the questions asked by some passengers whenever they are boarding a plane flown by Kalenga Kamwendo, Zambia's youngest pilot.


source: https://autojosh.com/kalengo-kamwendo-zambia-youngest-pilot/

CATCHING THEM YOUNG

Good news from southern africa.

Ngwamankillyou:
I will rather cancel my trip than to use my precious life on Russian role tricky gun waiting to bust the buddy out... Stay away from inexperienced pilot fallas, life has no duplicate.. Kudos to his zeal to fly at tender age.. But heck No.. I won't join your flight.

This is an "Agofure" mentality!

Isreali have Airforce commanders at ages below 30 years.
They are enrolled at the Age of 18 during the compulsory National military service .

But here story is different. You will hear 18 year old still dependent on his parent. (SMH )

Does that remind you of the slogan "Lazy Nigerian Youth" (sorry for the offence).

We need to train our Kids fast..
By the time they are getting into universities , they should learn some skillset (programming, entrepreneurship, sport etc)
Just dont leave them to the dictate of life.

... Is he on training?
... did your dad allow you to be here?

Ask me this kind questions and I'll crash the plane before take off

Customers must be proven right

Nice one

that dude of ethiopian airway boeing max flight that crashed on a sunday has 5,000 and you with 1000. and people still dey enter plain.

pejuakinab:
Very impressive!
First fct of the year!
I dedicate this to every industrious Nigerian youths.

You see na, your pikin mate dey fly plane you dey hustle first to comment.

Orangina:
that dude of ethiopian airway boeing max flight that crashed on a sunday has 5,000 and you with 1000. and people still dey enter plain.

You do realise that the crash was not the fault of the pilots right? A Captain with 20,000 hours in the air may not have been able to save that plane thanks to Boeing.

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Kalenga Kamwendo is the youngest commercial pilot in Zambia and he has clocked over 1000 hours of flying with Zambia's leading scheduled airline - Proflight Zambia.

He became Zambia's youngest commercial pilot at the tender age of twenty one (21).

Born in Kitwe in Zambia’s Copperbelt, Kamwendo took an avid interest in the aviation industry whilst in Grade 10 or 11 at school. A strong student in English, Maths and Physics, he enrolled for Forty Three Air School in South Africa’s Eastern Cape after graduating from secondary school in 2011.

He has also been honoured with a presidential award.

Recalling his first day as a commercial pilot, Kamwendo says:

“I was nervous; I didn’t even have the full uniform. I was flying to Kasama and had to be up at 4am”. But that’s all in the past now. He goes on:

“There are tons of thrills, from something as simple as seeing a passenger happy, to the thrill of flying."



"Oh my God! Is he the one who is going to fly us? Is he on training? Did your dad allow you to be here?

These are the questions asked by some passengers whenever they are boarding a plane flown by Kalenga Kamwendo, Zambia's youngest pilot.


source: https://autojosh.com/kalengo-kamwendo-zambia-youngest-pilot/

Ok

prodigyhenry:
He is definitely from rich parents

Yap, Av schools are expensive

After I finished secondary school & told my dad I wanted to attend the pilot training school for Kaduna, he said OK, as long as I have 1.8 million naira to pay for myself am free to do so, otherwise I should apply for a federal university

abdulyaro66:
So?

lol.

lokanru:
Isreali have Airforce commanders at ages below 30 years.
They are enrolled at the Age of 18 during the compulsory National military service .

But here story is different. You will hear 18 year old still dependent on his parent. (SMH )

Does that remind you of the slogan "Lazy Nigerian Youth" (sorry for the offence).

We need to train our Kids fast..
By the time they are getting into universities , they should learn some skillset (programming, entrepreneurship, sport etc)
Just dont leave them to the dictate of life.

This is not isreal & we don't do compulsory military service as we are too poor to afford it due to d fact that we have to sustain d lavish lifestyle of our political elites

He's lucky to have the opportunity, congrats to him.

welcome to the club of glorified taxi drivers, better chop up cos you will need it later.

i no longer envy commercial pilots after that Boeing and emirates saga.

Wow , incredible!

I thought he was my friend Daniel Kalo
Kwamendo looks more like a Zimbo name tho

My childhood dream was to become a pilot. I really loved and still love flying and I have utmost respect for pilots.

Hopefully, one of my children would become a pilot. I would gladly support him or her wholeheartedly.

好

Your own beta, you had a sponsor...

When I wanted to go to aviation school to become a pilot, the fee statement from Airwest aviation academy in Arizona, gave me nightmares for 4 good months.
I had to change my career ASAP.

Aviation/piloting is not a cheap study at allllllll....

I salute all who made it with wing badges as pilots.

hmmm...a pilot at twenty one,kinda reminds me of twenty one pilots congrats dude....E no easy oo