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Capt. Mark Harris grew up in the Pacific Northwest and was drawn to aviation from an early age. He earned an engineering degree from Oregon State University in 1980. After graduation he attended flight school in Pensacola, Florida and earned his Navy Wings of Gold. He flew the P-3C Orion patrol aircraft throughout the Western Pacific, followed by a flight instructor tour in the T-44A. After leaving the Navy, he joined Delta in 1987 and flew multiple aircraft, including the B-727, B-737, MD-11, B-757 and B-767ER. Harris finished his 33 year career at Delta as an International Captain on the Airbus A330.