Vicki van Meter

Victoria "Vicki" van Meter (1982 – March 15, 2008) born in Meadville, Pennsylvania) was at one time the youngest pilot. She first flew an airplane at the age of 10. On August 1993 at age 11 she made headlines when she flew from Augusta, Maine to San Diego, California in a Cessna 172. A year later she flew a Cessna 210 over the Atlantic Ocean to Scotland.

She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Moldova after graduating from Edinboro University with a degree in criminal justice. She worked as an insurance company investigator and had made plans to pursue graduate studies.

Van Meter died at her home in Meadville, PA, March 15, 2008 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She was 26.