 A Concord teenager is taking to the sky at a young age. 17-year-old Ryan Garner is now a pilot. He earned his private license by taking lessons at a small airport in Indian Trail. Garner is the youngest black person ever to earn his private license in North Carolina. He tells WSOC being a pilot was not his original plan. I never actually wanted to be a pilot at first. I always wanted to be a grounds crew member that would wand into planes or marshal them in.