Gabriel Leonard is a 15-year-old student at Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Davis Aerospace & Maritime High School. He has ambitious dreams of becoming a pilot.

Gabriel is a part of the Internship program this year. As a NASA intern, he’s been building a space rover and learning about acoustic dampening with his mentor, Kyle Zimmerle.

When the Intern Employment Specialist Jerry Armstrong learned about Gabriel’s desire to be a pilot, he tracked down local pilot Shawn George, a graduate of Shaw High School. Shawn took Gabriel up in his plane on August 20, 2021.

To learn more about becoming a Y.O.U. Intern, click on the link below!

Thank you to Shawn George for filming the flight and sharing the footage. Video made by Allie Levin.