Maddox Jolie-Pitt, the 23-year-old son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, is really forging his own path. While his famous parents have made their mark in Hollywood, Maddox is following in his mother’s footsteps on a new career path in aviation, training to become a pilot.
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Jolie reveals son Maddox’s career as a pilot
On December 5, Jolie appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she announced, “I’m a pilot. And my son Maddox is also training to be a pilot. He is, in fact, a pilot now,” as reported by People Magazine. The actor previously revealed that the reason behind his first step into the cockpit was his son.
She flew into the sky in 2004 to impress a young Maddox. “Whenever Mad sees a plane, he’s amazed,” she told People at the time. If I can actually fly a plane by the time he turns 4, I’ll be like Superman to him.”
In 2017, he shared Maddox’s flying lessons for the first time. Jolie shared, “He is so capable and always amazes me. He’s practicing flying, then they called me the next day and said, ‘So Mad can go solo,’ and I almost hung up the phone!”
The Maleficent actor received his flying license in December 2004 and the following year he bought himself a single-engine plane, the Cirrus SR22-G2. In a sweet nod to his son, he added the letters “MX” to his plane’s story. She trained under the guidance of a coach and with her then-husband Pitt when she lived in Canada.
At the time, a source told People that Jolie was a “completely capable, confident flyer” and had built good relationships with her fellow female fliers at the local hangar. “She’s just smiling in the cockpit,” the source added. In 2017, he shared Maddox’s flying lessons for the first time.
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Jolie’s unconventional career backup
Jolie once considered becoming a funeral director as her backup career path if acting did not work out for her. Laughing, she asked, “Doesn’t it make sense, though? My grandfather died and I remembered that this shouldn’t happen. It should be a celebration of life and since I’m not afraid of death and I was comfortable with it, I thought it would be a great career path. I can make it better. I can do one thing here. This is my fallback career.
