Meet Adorable Maame Esi: The Youngest Ghanaian Female Pilot To Lift A Commercial Plane

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Audrey Maame Esi Swatson is at the moment the youngest female pilot from to have obtained a license to fly a commercial plane.

Audrey Maame Esi Swatson

Maame Esi was born in Saltpond, in the capital of the Mfantsiman Municipal District in the Central Region on February 23, 1997..

She had her basic education at the University of Ghana Basic school and her Senior High Education at the Ghana Christian International High School in Dodowa studying General Science.

After a successful completion of Senior High School at the age of 18, she got admission at Mach1 Aviation Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa, the beginning of her dreams.

Audrey Maame Esi Swatson

Maame Esi who now runs her own aviation company,  Excel Aviation Company, had her first solo flight with Mach1 Aviation Academy at age 19.

Her commercial pilot license is to the standards of the South African Civil Aviation Authority having flown a total of 210 hours before she obtained her commercial license.