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The view: First granddaughter, first flight
The pilot: Mark Fay
The airplane: Cessna 182RG
The mission: Asheville, NC, to Denver
The memory: Every reason I became a pilot came to life over these two days.
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Mark Fay owns a software and consulting company that helps property and casualty insurance claim departments. He didn't start flying until he was 49 years old. Most trips are for business meetings at least one state away. He flies a 1979 Cessna TR182. The aircraft is a turbo normalized retractable 182 with a service ceiling of 20,000 feet and a cruise speed of 165 knots at 13 gph in the mid teens. It is equipped with a Stormscope, S-tec 55 autopilot, Active Traffic, and a Garmin GNS 480, as well as ForeFlight with Synthetic Vision. He is an avid fan of Air Facts and Mr. Collins, having read his last four books at least ten times.
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Impressive
Mark… Looks like, based on the caption, you and your wife made the move. Has she gotten back to the point of flying with you again?