Can you guys help me edit my first paragraph?

My friend Shae and I had been taking flying lessons and were well on our way to be able to fly a plane. I of course would be the pilot and Shae would be the copilot. Our first flight with out a commander would be the same path took by flight 19. Little did we know what would happen. Nothing in our lives prepared us for such an adventure, such a tragedy such an experience as the one we were about to face.