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ENCOURAGE FOSTER PROMOTE PROVIDE Encourage members of Foster equal treatment Promote aviation Provide an affirming the LGBT community to of the LGBT aviation safety through training, social and professional pursue their dreams in community through seminars, publications, network for the LGBT aviation. advocacy and outreach. and best practices. aviation community. The Worldwide LGBT Aviation Commmunity Dear readers, As 2021 continues to zoom by, feeling much like 2020 2.0 with only some minor bug fixes, we bring you our March issue of Aero Crew News. Last month we asked for you to contribute to our Feedback page. We only received two letters and we’re hoping to do better. What’s on your mind? How is your flying gig going? Is your company hiring pilots? Are you looking for a flying job? Surely you have a good aviation story or two. We all do. Any emergencies, strange phenomena to recount? We want you to send us your stories, poems, praises and photos (unless you want to save the latter for our annual photo contest). Speaking of our photo contest, we’re looking for theme ideas. We’ll be glad to consider any you have. Also, if you have suggestions on how we can serve you better or ideas for stories that you would like us to cover, send those to us, too. We used to have a column of restaurant reviews. We’d love to revive that with reader contributions for Fly Bites. If you’ve dined somewhere worth mentioning, send us your copy and pictures. We’ll even edit the copy for you. We read every email sent to [email protected]. Fly Safe, Craig D. Pieper Craig D. Pieper About the Publisher Craig Pieper is the Publisher and Founder of Aero Crew News. Craig obtained his Bachelors of Science in Aeronautical Science, along with a minor in Aviation Weather, from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2001. Craig is also a First Officer for a major airline with a type rating in the Boeing 737 & Embraer 145 and has logged over 8,000 hours of flying time since his introductory flight on November 14th, 1992. 8 | Aero Crew News BACK TO CONTENTS February 2021 Last month, we welcomed a new contributor to Aero Crew News. Justin Abrams is filling in for Anthony Lorenti with a new Squall Line on the topic of fog. Justin is a first officer for a major airline with a Bachelor of Science in CREDITS Aviation who has a true passion for anything aviation- related. We are always looking for new ways to grow at Aero Crew News, so if you or someone you know has a Publisher / Founder Craig Pieper passion for aviation, has Microsoft Word and some good ideas, we invite you to share with us and all of our readers. Aero Crew Solutions, CEO Scott Rehn We are fortunate to have an amazing editor who for 23 years has made me a better writer and does so for all our Editor Deborah Bandy contributors. We are more interested in having you share your knowledge and experience than your subject/verb Layout Design agreement and punctuation. (Being published looks great Michelle Harvey on your résumé, too!) Additional Contributors Reini Thijssen, Kristi Cherry Paul Wickstrom, Justin Abrams, We also received some great feedback last month Sergio Sovero from one of our readers that we have added to our new Aviator Bulletins Feedback section on page 10. See what Kyle has to say and Provided by the companies listed let us hear from you, too. Photographs By Your feedback is always encouraged and always Photographs as noted. welcome at [email protected]. Grid Updates Email: [email protected] Social Media Marketing By Aero Crew Marketing Nate Racine © 2021 Aero Crew News, All Rights Reserved. March 2021 | 9 FEEDBACK Michelle B. Stuck between the alto Hello. So you want my thoughts! Here it goes: I’m a career-changing, corporate- pilot-seeking, 52-year-old who has found herself stuck while seeking my bachelor’s in aviation flight science. Why am I stuck? Well, degree is one payment; flight training is another; and I’ve discovered that I need to be on a fast-track path. I’m not getting any younger. Time is not on my side. I have first class med cert, student pilot cert and 30 flight hours. All I need now is $100,000. Well, this appears to be a common dilemma. #deperatelyseekingstrato. 10 | Aero Crew News BACK TO CONTENTS But I pushed all the boundaries Never to fly by flying high- Across the territories bringing a revolution again in the history of mankind. Then one day by M Zahidul Haque more speedy fuel-efficient Aircraft came to limelight The sky was clear avowing the end of my golden time. The sun was shining I was banished to the boneyard A dazzling morning! In California’s Victorville! Everything was perfect Now grave silence all around, No fear of any turbulence No more life in my once dancing deck the pilot was in relaxed mood Now it’s a broken-heart legacy- navigating me with his full confidence. The legacy of Boeing747! Never to fly again I was in a maiden flight, like a bird uncaged! From New York to London Feeling proud to be A Queen in the sky! Note from the author: It really touched my heart as I Then so many winters passed witnessed airlines all over the world retiring Boeing 747s With hot summer and lovely springs and sending them to aircraft graveyards (boneyards). I I flown over continents, great seas had the opportunity to travel by Boeing 747 jumbo jets And long deserts. and they were really amazing. I wish the Boeing Company No untoward incident occurred would one day redesign the Boeing 747 and call them back except a few doomed flights from retirement to active service again. killing all on board -Professor M Zahidul Haque No one could survive! People still loved me calling me great being a wide-bodied charming JUMBO-JET! My 50th anniversary was celebrated with grand buzz and band Internet was yet to evolve No face book or twitter to post comments! March 2021 | 11 AVIATOR BULLETINS United Announces Plans to Begin New Daily Nonstop Service Between Boston Logan and London Heathrow United will be the only U.S.