While most 15- and 16-year-olds get beyond excited at the prospect of obtaining a learner’s permit and ultimately their license to drive a car, Marissa Vereb set her sights significantly higher — literally.

At age 16 she got her student certificate to pilot hot air balloons. “I actually had a balloon before I had a car,” she said.

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