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The view: Returning to Rapid City over the Badlands of South Dakota, late afternoon in the fall.
The pilot: Duane Mader
The airplane: Cessna CJ2
The mission: Corporate pilot, work flight.
The memory: Beautiful light that only lasted a few moments. More great shots in this video.
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Duane grew up fascinated with airplanes and lived for rides in his brother’s Super Cub. He built RC planes and soloed in high school but really couldn’t see a way to fund his flying til after various manual labor jobs, he went to A&P school in Sydney, Nebraska. He used a mechanic’s scholarship there to get his private and went on to an old school FBO where he could be a mechanic and work his way up through the ratings. Duane has flight instructed, flown charter, air ambulance, been a Director of Maintenance and corporate pilot. He currently flies a great plane (Cessna CJ2) for a great company in Rapid City.
Latest posts by Duane Mader (see all)
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Outstanding photo. From someone that grew up in RC the Badlands never fail to impress!
Beautifully done, Thanks for sharing!