Rob Buck is a retired airline pilot with general aviation roots and heart. He lives in Waterbury Center, Vermont, is married, four children and a dog. Rob was flight-afflicted at two in 1951, flying with his father in Leighton Collins’ Piper Clipper. Mentally never landed, he had teenage solos in gliders and a Cessna 120. Chasing ratings and experience, he was an obsessed glider pilot, and wrote a bit for Air Facts. Graduated from Northrop University in Engineering Technology. Wandered the industry as an aircraft salesman, instructor, tow and charter pilot, Tech Editor for Business/Commercial Aviation then flew Twin Otters. Rob joined Delta Air Lines in 1979 for 27 years. Retired flying 767’s transatlantic but loved the stick and rudder flying of the 727 Shuttle years. He currently flies a Cessna 170, sailplanes and model airplanes.
