Retirement Therapy
As I pen this, it has been less than two months since my last airline flight as a captain for UPS airlines. It still doesn’t seem possible, and I have no idea where the last 32 years went. I so wish I could snap my fingers and be back in the cockpit of the UPS Boeing 767. The job even played a part that led to me owning a Twin Commander. I had wanted a Shrike since I was a teenager watching Bob Hoover. So, a few months ago, my wife, Ginger, encouraged me to set a goal that would take place immediately after retirement in order to ease the pain of losing the job I was still passionate about.…
From the Flightline
SERVICE CENTER PROFILE One of a Kind
When RJ Gomez made his way to Oklahoma many years ago to work at a Twin Commander Service Center, he was initially thankful to be using his talents and knowledge of the storied airplanes in a place entirely new to…
NEWS Grabbe Receives FAA’s Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award
Mike Grabbe, the veteran Twin Commander technician and training expert, was recently awarded the FAA’s Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award in recognition of more than 50 years of excellence in aircraft maintenance. Grabbe is Eagle Creek Aviation’s maintenance quality and…
