1.  Dubroff was attempting to become the youngest pilot ever to make a round-trip, cross-country flight, and her plane took off in the middle of a thunderstorm.

2.  How nice it would have been if Jessica Dubroff had become, not the youngest pilot to cross America but, the oldest.

3.  Jessica, whose plane crashed shortly after takeoff Thursday, had been hoping to set the world record for the youngest pilot to make a round trip coast-to-coast flight.

4.  Jessica took off Wednesday morning from Half Moon Bay airport in an effort to become the youngest pilot to fly across the continent.

5.  Jessica, in interviews before the flight, said she was intent on breaking the record of the previous youngest pilot to fly cross-country and back.

6.  Killian wants to be the youngest pilot ever to fly from coast to coast.

7.  She died in an airplane crash while trying to become the youngest pilot to fly across the United States.

8.  Christian became the youngest pilot in the Caribbean to make such a flight.

9.  His exploits landed him in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest untrained pilot ever to take to the air.

10.  Twelve-year-old Vicki Van Meter flew into the record books Tuesday when she became the youngest female pilot to cross the Atlantic.