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SISTERHOOD SPOTLIGHTS ILLUMINATE LOCAL GIRLS WHO INSPIRE
By SisterHood Scribe: Gretchen Johnson | Needham Mom

Last September, on a Sunday afternoon,
17-year-old Maggie Taraska  took off from Beverly Regional Airport
On her first solo flight ever....heading for Portland, Maine.
After logging more than 60 hours of flight training
She knew that something didn't feel quite right
And that feeling was confirmed when she was contacted by air traffic control
With the news that the plane's right wheel had fallen off (of her single-engine Piper PA28)!!
Although the next 35 minutes of circling the runway were harrowing to say the least,
Maggie "stuck" her landing and walked away from the damaged plane unscathed!
Talk about grace under pressure!
Thanks to some timely radio-coaching from her long-time instructor John Singleton
And some solid flying-DNA (Maggie’s dad is a pilot and both parents are former Air Force intelligence officers)
Maggie apparently made the landing look easy! 
At the start of her senior year last fall, Maggie was considering Air Force Academy
And a possible career as a fighter pilot! 
We hope to hear from Maggie soon with an update
And will be inviting her to a future SisterHood event to hear her story live!

To learn more about Maggie, check out this interview on Channel 5.


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  • NewsHood
    • ReLaunch of Miller Academy Coaching
    • Calendar
    • In the News
    • Mailing List
  • SchoolHood
    • Coaching Assemblies
    • Coaching Profiles
  • SisterHood
    • SisterHood Coaching Sessions
    • Inspiration
    • CityGirl Mason: Raisng $ for Sturge-Weber
    • North Shore Phenom: Maggie Taraska
    • Wellesley STEM Guru: Beth Anne Willett
    • Newton Art Teacher Extrordinaire: Alexandra Etscovitz
    • Southie Mayor: Haley Dillon
    • Providence Girl: Olivia Culpo
    • Needham High's Kiki McIntyre: Soulful Ambition
    • Boston's Lauren Johnston: Mindful Masks
    • Needham's Joan Kelley: Ambitious Educator
    • Back Bay's Sasha Greene: Running for Her Students
    • Park School Students: Mindful EarthGals
    • The Vineyard's Noel Foy: Mindful Literature
    • Mattapan's Arlene White: A+ Plus MomGrad
    • YouTube SpotLights
    • Testimonials
  • BrotherHood
  • NeighborHood
    • Worcester Polytech: Inclusive Campus
    • Brookline Teens: Inclusion is in the Name
    • Boston's Carter School
  • GivingHood
    • Giving Gurus >
      • Acton's Lou Levine: Soulful Ref
      • Norwell's Bergquist Siblings: Cell Phones for Soldiers
      • SoulFul Swag >
        • Ellie Fund Pink Stickers
        • Nantucket Red Sticker Campaign