Wayland Town Crier 1/22/12: Wayland native graduates from flight school. Wayland native Steven Kinney graduated from flight school in Fort Rucker, Ala., on Jan. 12. Kinney completed intensive training to become a helicopter pilot, piloting the Apache aircraft, which required one-and-a-half years of training and study. He also received his FAA commercial pilot’s license giving him the ability to fly aircraft for commercial use.