Mr. Odozor who graduated alongside 15 other trained pilots at the Afrika Union Aviation Academy (AUAA), Mafikeng, South Africa on Saturday was described as the new hope of the African aviation industry.
Captain Allan Roebuck, Director of AUAA, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Johannesburg that Mr. Odozor completed all the 37 flying procedures in record time.
"The Academy is proud of this young Nigerian, with the award of license and certificate to him.
Today, I can say he is the youngest commercial pilot in both Nigeria and South Africa".
The AUAA Director noted that it requires a lot of hard work, focus, punctuality and discipline to be trained as a commercial pilot.
"It is not enough to be academically sound to be a good pilot. It requires focus, punctuality and discipline to get the commercial license and certificate.
"It has been a long road for the group of qualified pilots to obtain their licenses. With the award of certificate, they can fly commercial planes," Mr. Roebuck said.
He said the new pilots underwent two years of rigorous training, and 37 flying procedures.
On his part, Mr. Odozor said he had always dreamt of becoming a pilot.
"Flying a plane has been my childhood dream, and I am happy today that I'm a licensed commercial pilot at the age of 20.
"I never expected to be the youngest Nigerian to get the commercial pilot license, not to talk about in an advanced country like South Africa. I was just pursuing my childhood dream of becoming a pilot.
"But I thank God that I have now made history, as a record licensed commercial pilot in both Nigeria and South Africa," Mr. Odozor said.
He said his immediate plan was to go for his instrument type and rating courses.
"Aviation training is very wide. This is just the beginning. My immediate plan is to enroll for my instrument type rating and Boeing 737 training courses," Mr. Odozor said.
**Wow this is very nice, Nigeria have peeps doing great things out there.. Nice one Mr. Odozor.**
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