Jet Girl - A Vision Takes Flight: Maddie Allen | On Air S2E22

✈️🎙️ Meet Maddie Allen, Auburn University student and the youngest woman to earn a Cirrus Vision Jet SF50 Type Rating.

Maddie grew up around airplanes, watching her father chase his own dream of flight. She began flight training in November 2024, just weeks before her 17th birthday, and went on to earn her private pilot certificate and instrument rating. In March 2026, she completed an intense two-week Vision Jet type rating course at the Cirrus Vision Center in Knoxville, Tennessee—and walked out to a custom-engraved trophy reading "Youngest Female Vision Jet Pilot 2026."

Today, Maddie has logged more than 160 flight hours and holds high-altitude and high-performance endorsements. She is a freshman at Auburn University, where she plans to study business while working toward her commercial pilot certificate. Her goals include seaplane training, a professional career in aviation, and flying to all 50 states.

In this conversation, Maddie shares what it was like to step up to a jet, how she's balancing college with flight training, and her advice for any young girl who loves airplanes but isn't sure she belongs in a cockpit: chase your dreams, and don't doubt yourself.

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