With full of hope and determination that she can do anything that people with arms can do Jessica Cox, 33, becomes the world’s first licensed pilot with no arms.
‘There’s nothing that can substitute the tactile ability of flesh and bone – and my feet have that ability,’ she said.
The feat has gained her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Born in Ā the American state of Arizona, Cox was also the first armless black belt in the American Tae Kwon Do Association and has learnt to surf and played piano.
Let It Go: Jessica and husband Patrick are currently learning to play the Frozen song on the piano.
She married Patrick Chamberlain, 30, who was an instructor he met at the school, proving that her disability would not be a barrier to love.
Mrs Cox is able to drive a car without modifications, type on a keyboard
She said: ‘Naturally people saw me not having arms as a limiting factor – but I was there to prove them wrong.
Write foot: Jessica sending an email on her phone. There’s almost nothing she can’t do with her feet
‘At three years old I was involved in gymnastics, at six I started tap dancing lessons, I did modelling, I swam at five, 10-years-old I was doing Tae Kwon Do, I did every activity you could imagine.’
Five years ago Jessica met her husband, Patrick Chamberlain, through their mutual love for Tae Kwon Do.
Looking up: Jessica poses with flight instructor Parrish Traweek while on the way to becoming a pilotJessica can do almost anything that others do with their arms, with her feet. The only thing that she does need husband Patrick to do is her hair, which he offered to do after seeing how frustrated she got with it in her face all the time.Footnote: Jessica has even learnt to write with her feet after abandoning prosthetic limbs at a young age.Never held back: She was also the first woman to get a black belt in Tae Kwon DoNever held back: She can surf the waves
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