The Pilots and Crew:
Our company was founded by a husband-and-wife team who were both aircraft carrier pilots in the US Navy before moving to the peninsula and starting a family. The wife is the boss: she was one of our country's first female combat pilots and wrote a book about her experiences titled, "She's Just Another Navy Pilot". The husband does what he's told. Our pilots and ground crew are all very experienced and dedicated to making your flight safe and fun, in that order.

Loree "Rowdy" Hirschman - Rowdy is the boss and everyone knows it but her. She's a former FA-18 Hornet and S-3 Viking pilot with over 300 carrier landings, has an Airline Transport Pilot rating and has written a book about her experiences as one of our country's first female combat pilots. But you won't be able to fly with her in the Waco because she's busy handling the ground operations and being a mom. Number two is "in the oven" and that's keeping her ground-bound for the time being. But if enough people ask maybe we'll convince her to take to the skies sooner rather than later.

Harry "Hairball" Hirschman - Hairball has been flying since he was 16 years old. That's a lot longer than he likes to admit. He's a former FA-18 Hornet pilot, former civilian flight instructor, and former a lot of other things. Right now he struts around in a flight suit trying to figure out how to get Bill and Andy to let him fly the Waco, without much luck. He doesn't know what to do unless he's told, so he keeps pretty close to Rowdy and keeps the ground operations running smoothly and safely. When he helps you board the plane, ask him what meal is being served on this flight.

Bill "Gramps" Hightower - Gramps has been flying around these parts since the gold rush and recently achieved a personal milestone - 14,000 hours of flight time. Most of our passengers aren't 14,000 hours old so that's quite an accomplishment. Bill is our chief flight instructor and was voted "Nicest Guy on the Airport" by a visiting scout troop. We all want to be like Gramps when we grow up.