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Old 05-02-2013, 03:38 PM
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From an early age, I could not imagine doing anything else.

The only other thing I would consider now, after almost 20 thousand hours, is being retired with enough money to live with dignity.
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Old 05-02-2013, 04:59 PM
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I grew up around aviation. My father is a corporate pilot. Got to go on many flights on GII's in the early to mid 90's. Never really thought about it as a profession. Wanted to go into the Marines after high school. Couldn't go due to a recurring stress fracture.

When I was 18 I got to fly in the jumpseat on one of my dad's GIV's he was flying. At that moment I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Four months later I moved from Texas to Oklahoma for flight school. Four years later I have lived in Tennessee, Georgia, and now Hawaii. I have loved every moment of it and never looked back.
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Old 05-04-2013, 06:38 AM
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A helicopter ride at an early age was there as well as friends whose fathers were pilots. But pro flying was really not something my family had any interest in my doing, so it does not have to do with that. Pilots and firefighters may be genetic but as with any profession it is more likely a combination of elements that draws people in. In flying it may be

• personal challenge
• social respectability and sex appeal in uniform
• public exposure, responsibility, public trust, social acceptance and recognition
• good money (in theory)

Also-
• high technology and sophisticated scientific applications
• nature, weather, and the skies
• historical place in popular culture
• the intrigue of going fast, high, and far from home
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Old 05-04-2013, 11:02 AM
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Since I was about 4 years old.

My grandfather was a Navy fighter pilot during WWII/Korea. I blame that man for my need to fly. He would sit me down with his books and model planes and tell me all about them. He lived in Pensacola for a time and would take me to the Naval Aviation Museum (which still holds a dear place in my heart). We could see the Blue Angels practice from his backyard.

I'll be naming my first born son after him.
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