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Khakham and his family also had help
from Julia and Marc Shapiro.
"They supported us then, and still to
this day we have a wonderful relation-
ship with them," he said. "They were
immigrants just before us — they came
in 1978 — and gave us a ton of help to
find our first jobs, to learn English. I
can't say enough about what these two
families did for us."
Some 25 years later, the West
Bloomfield resident and his family have
certainly adapted. He and his 28-year-
old son, Michael, today operate the aptly
named DCT Aviation, or Dreams Come
True, a flight training center where Ilya
not only lives his dream of flight, but
also passes it onto others who share that
dream.
"In 1999, my dad had some medical
complications, and this was what he
wanted to do his whole life," Michael
said. At that point, my mom said if you
want to do this, do it now, so he got his
pilot's license that year and flew for eight
years while he worked as an engineer."
Then in 2008, after Michael earned
his degree in economics and business at
Michigan State University, the father-son
team launched DCT with one plane and
two students. Today the Khakhams own
eight planes and serve more than 300
customers.
"Last year we bought a building at
Oakland International that we fully
occupy:' Michael said. "We house all of
our planes here and also have tenants,
and we now have a brand new training
facility."
Those new facilities include a
16,000-square-foot hangar and
4,000-square-foot office space.
"Another business of ours is DCT in
Motion, a full-motion simulator, which
complements flight training and is FAA-
approved for loggings hours:' Michael
said. "It increases the efficiency of our
training process. We've been approved
as a full-time school, which means we
will be able to issue Fl and Ml visas to
accept international students by the end
of this year, and we can accept veterans'
benefits for those men and women inter-
ested in a career as a pilot."
Ilya and Michael also handle aircraft
maintenance and refurbishing, taking
planes that are decades old and refur-
bishing them to new condition, with
new engines, propellers and paint.
They're currently working on cer-
tification to operate an "air taxi:' an
eight-seater plane that would make short
flights to Mackinac, Chicago, New York
and other nearby destinations.
"This was a childhood dream, and
this is a country where those dreams
can come true; it just depends on your
personality," Ilya said. "If you're brave
enough, strong enough, have the mental
will, then if you want to do something,
nobody can stop you. Look at how far
we've come, this business has come. It's
all proof.
"But we couldn't do it without the
help and support of the community:'
he added. "I have to express my big, big
appreciation for everyone that supported
us from day one. On Feb. 6, we celebrat-
ed our 25th anniversary in America, and
we celebrate every year as a family — ifs
tradition.
"The Jewish Federation does an
absolutely outstanding job to support
newcomers like us. Without them, I
don't know. As Jews, we must support
each other. It doesn't matter if you're a
relative or not; it's a characteristic of our
people:'
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