When I worked at Cessna Aircraft Company, I helped with communications for the 2010 Citation Special Olympics Airlift. This is an event spearheaded by Cessna every four years to coincide with the Special Olympics USA National Games. Cessna asks owners of Citation business jets to donate their aircraft, pilots and fuel Read more…
I read a lot about animal welfare and animal rescue because it’s an area of interest to me. One day I read an article about a recreational pilot using his small airplane to take some dogs from one part of the U.S. where they weren’t likely to get adopted to Read more…
I wrote this feature about a pair of small sister companies in Clinton, Mo., that saw a gap in the market and filled it. Aircraft operators and airframe manufacturers rely on Aviation Fabricators (AvFab) and Central Airmotive for interior components like seats, tables, toilets or cabinets. Through the years the Read more…
This one was a lot of fun because I don’t get to write these articles often — a feature on an individual who flies simply for the love of flying and openly shares his story. (Most of my features are about businesses using an airplane as a business tool.) Meet Read more…
I love learning about the history of a business and telling its success story. Dylan Fast started his air charter operation in 1995 with one aircraft and two pilots handling all scheduling and flying. Today, Fast Air has more than 80 employees and can claim the largest fleet of business Read more…