Lynda
Commercial and Military Airplane and Helicopter Pilot
I live in Lakewood, which is near Cleveland, Ohio. I am 41 years old.
I’ve had a few different flying jobs since I was 24 but I first learned to fly in
the Army on UH-1 "Huey" Helicopters. I also flew C12s (King Air 200's) in the
military in Germany and to South and Central America. When I left the Army
5 years ago, I went to work for a regional airline flying Beech 1900s. I left
there to fly for a private (fractional) airline, on both the Citation V and the
Beechjet. I now fly for NetJets flying the Citation X, which I LOVE!
I didn’t grow up wanting to be a pilot. I only went to flight school because
the Army said it was a really tough school and I like a challenge. I have an
uncle who became a pilot a couple years after I did, but I didn’t know anyone
who could fly when I was growing up. Now I have a lot of friends who fly a lot
of different aircraft for a whole lot of reasons. You can read about many of
them here.
I like flying mostly because the sun and sky are so beautiful up above where
everyone else may be having a cloudy, rainy day! I love going to work where I
can look down at big cities and small towns and everything in between. I do
not like sitting in one place very much, like in an office, and I do like to travel
and see new places.
If you want to be a pilot, you can’t hate studying, because pilots have a test
at least once or twice a year to keep their license. Pilots need to keep up to
date on the different rules and regulations the government has put in place
to keep flying safe.
Many people are surprised when I tell them that I am a professional pilot.
Most people don’t know that women have been flying since 1910, and there
are more and more girls getting their pilots’ licenses every day. When I’m in
my uniform, people are always assuming I’m a flight attendant. If fact, one
day when I was settling into my seat in the cockpit, a woman passenger
called out to me, “Stewardess, Stewardess. I can’t get my seatbelt fastened.”
So I said to her, “I promise to help you with the seatbelt if you promise not
to call me stewardess.” Her husband leaned over to her and said; “I think
they call them flight attendants now.” I had to explain to them that, no really,
I was a real live pilot!
Commercial and Military Airplane and Helicopter Pilot
I live in Lakewood, which is near Cleveland, Ohio. I am 41 years old.
I’ve had a few different flying jobs since I was 24 but I first learned to fly in
the Army on UH-1 "Huey" Helicopters. I also flew C12s (King Air 200's) in the
military in Germany and to South and Central America. When I left the Army
5 years ago, I went to work for a regional airline flying Beech 1900s. I left
there to fly for a private (fractional) airline, on both the Citation V and the
Beechjet. I now fly for NetJets flying the Citation X, which I LOVE!
I didn’t grow up wanting to be a pilot. I only went to flight school because
the Army said it was a really tough school and I like a challenge. I have an
uncle who became a pilot a couple years after I did, but I didn’t know anyone
who could fly when I was growing up. Now I have a lot of friends who fly a lot
of different aircraft for a whole lot of reasons. You can read about many of
them here.
I like flying mostly because the sun and sky are so beautiful up above where
everyone else may be having a cloudy, rainy day! I love going to work where I
can look down at big cities and small towns and everything in between. I do
not like sitting in one place very much, like in an office, and I do like to travel
and see new places.
If you want to be a pilot, you can’t hate studying, because pilots have a test
at least once or twice a year to keep their license. Pilots need to keep up to
date on the different rules and regulations the government has put in place
to keep flying safe.
Many people are surprised when I tell them that I am a professional pilot.
Most people don’t know that women have been flying since 1910, and there
are more and more girls getting their pilots’ licenses every day. When I’m in
my uniform, people are always assuming I’m a flight attendant. If fact, one
day when I was settling into my seat in the cockpit, a woman passenger
called out to me, “Stewardess, Stewardess. I can’t get my seatbelt fastened.”
So I said to her, “I promise to help you with the seatbelt if you promise not
to call me stewardess.” Her husband leaned over to her and said; “I think
they call them flight attendants now.” I had to explain to them that, no really,
I was a real live pilot!
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| My Ride. |
| Lynda in the X cockpit. |
| The Flight Deck. |
| The Ride for my passengers. |
| Using aviation to entertain and educate girls about their limitless opportunities... |
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| Using aviation to entertain and educate girls about their limitless opportunities... |
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| Using aviation to entertain and educate girls about their limitless opportunities... |
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| Learn a little 'bout life on the road as a pilot! |
| Lake Erie Chapter Pilot of the Year, 2007 |
| See also my reasons for starting Very Important Pilots, LLC, parent company of GWW |