For graduate, sky's the limit

In this May 18, 2011 photo, Jessica Evans and flight instructor Bob Winkelman go over the controls of a Piper Warrior at the Jefferson City Flying Service at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport.
In this May 18, 2011 photo, Jessica Evans and flight instructor Bob Winkelman go over the controls of a Piper Warrior at the Jefferson City Flying Service at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport.

Once a toddler wondering at the airplanes flying overhead at air shows, Jessica Evans is on her way to not only becoming a pilot, but an officer in the U.S. Air Force.

Since she can remember, Evans has enjoyed planes and flying.

Family pictures with her as young as 3 years old show her fascination.

"I would stare up at the sky and watch them fly by," Evans remembers. "I would envision myself in the cockpit."

Members of her family have served in the Armed Forces all the way back to the ....

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