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Teresa Sloan
I live in Ellensburg, Washington (half way between Spokane and Seattle) and
work as a professor in the Aviation Department at Central Washington
University. I've been a 99 for about 30 years now, but there are few 99s in the area, so the Ambassador
Chapter was a great opportunity for me.
I learned to fly in 1972 at the age of 17. I've instructed since
the crust of the earth cooled and enjoy working with students. I have an ATP, about
3,900 hours total time and about 2,000 of that as a flight
instructor. I've taught basic through ATP, including aerobatics and tail
draggers.
I did a six
year gig in Alaska as chief pilot/company check airman for a small bush air
taxi where I met and married my 49 1/2, Jim Foode.
My passion is Golden Age
airplanes.
I have the great privilege of flying a 1929 Curtis Robin around
the northwest for the owner, Dick Pingrey. What a sight - looking at the #1 cylinder
up
front, smelling the Castor oil from the Wright radial engine,
and watching the Winnebagos pass us by!
I liked the Robin so much I
bought an open cockpit Pietenpol Air Camper.
The Piet is the first mass
produced, plan built airplane, and it came out about the same time as the
Robin (note the similarity in design, i.e. no dihedral!) I love to fly the
Piet, but have to get up the courage to fly when it's 20 F outside! And yes,
I fly it year round. I hope to publish a children's book about the Piet in
the near future.
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