BRUCE LATVALA

May 20, 2019

Kansas Ambassador Day job: Engineering Test Pilot at Textron Aviation (Cessna Aircraft Company) Favorite airstrip: That’s tough to narrow it down.  I can only narrow it down to 3: Moose Creek, Idaho. Thomas Creek, Idaho.  Flying B ranch, Idaho. Next adventure: Backcountry flying in Arkansas followed by a rock climbing and jeeping trip around the White Rim Road…

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DAVID WARNER

May 20, 2019

Illinois Ambassador Day job: Recently retired, I now have more time to fly. As a consulting forester in West Virginia most of the time since 1979, I’m now living in Southern Illinois and rediscovering my roots. Favorite airstrip: Oh so many to choose from! I enjoyed being based at Eastview (WV67) and flying into Sky Bryce…

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RAY JILEK

May 19, 2019

South Dakota Ambassador Ray grew up on a family farm in southwestern North Dakota and moved to the Black Hills of South Dakota in the late 80s where he met Laura, the love of his life. Laura and Ray now live in Spearfish and have two daughters. Ray learned to fly in a Cessna 150,…

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BRAD FREDERICK

May 19, 2019

Michigan Ambassador Brad Frederick’s son taught him to fly. You read that right. The Michigan native says, “At age 55, learning to fly from my son Ed remains one of the absolute highlights of my life.” Brad loves aviation so much he bought a closed airstrip in Sidnaw, MI, a remote area in the western Upper…

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