If I were in high school I would seriously consider learning a trade craft. Plumbing, electrician, HVAC, etc. Why?

1.) college grads are a dime a dozen, and it's gotten outrageously expensive. Unless you get a degree in rocketsurgery from MIT the investment will leave you broke/bankrupt well into your 30's and that's assuming you get a well paying job out of college. Votech or other trade schools will cost you peanuts and require very little of your time to get into an apprenticeship.

2.) Tradesmen are in short supply, every college student that thought they were above a blue collar job are the ones bussing tables while guys doing pipe fitting, welding, etc are making in some cases well north of $100K or own their own business outright. My brother-in-law recently needed to have an electrical junction outside his house moved. Cost him $6K to do it because the only electrictian in the area was swamped, and could charge him that much. I have a buddy that recently left the Navy as a pilot. Went to vocational school in his last 6 months on active duty, learned heating and cooling systems, moved to Texas and opened his own shop. Last I talked to him he was building his second house and had just bought a Beech Bonanza.

If you want to fly, the best way to do it is for yourself. Get a good job, live within your means, buy or build your own airplane. That's the best flying there is.