While most high schoolers spend their afternoons getting their homework done, going to practice, or hanging out with friends, Notre Dame Academy’s Walker Malo does things a little differently. Some of his days are spent on a runway, preparing to take a Cessna 172 into the air.
Malo’s path to becoming a pilot began when he was six years old after his family moved from Chicago to Green Bay. His dad brought him to EAA AirVenture, where he spoke with a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot, which inspired his future.
“He lifted me into the cockpit and spent a few hours talking with me. That completely changed the way I saw aviation,” shared Malo…