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Licensed to soar: He faced great odds but Sean Mah is now one of Singapore's most seasoned helicopter pilots
Determination has paid off for former national water polo team member Sean Mah, who has wanted to fly for as long as he can remember.
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Captain Sean Mah is one of Singapore's most in-demand and respected helicopter pilots. But it was not a straight path to convert his childhood dreams of becoming a pilot into reality...
SINGAPORE - As a student at the now defunct Parry Secondary School in Yishun, Sean Mah had a habit of often looking out of the window.
It earned him the ire of a teacher who, on more than one occasion, told him witheringly: "No one's going to pay you to look out the window, you know."
