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The 11/11 CREED

The 11/11 CREED

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Nov 11, 2011

Though you are far away I know you’ll always be near to me – Sia, “I Go to Sleep” 11/11/11 is a very special day, not simply because of the obvious numerical symmetry nor for the fact that it’s Veteran’s day but rather for more personal reasons. Today would have been the 35th birthday of ...

Lunch Break as a Safety Pilot to Salinas

Lunch Break as a Safety Pilot to Salinas

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Oct 31, 2011

Today, I really had a chance to maximize the time in my new found freedom of being a solopreneur. I started the day like most days, checking my emails and doing the usual follow ups to make sure my clients are all being taken care of. I finalized a client web site (JulieBottarini.com) and made ...

Sunday Afternoon Surprise

Sunday Afternoon Surprise

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Oct 30, 2011

The final flight in this recent series was yet another surprise for my girlfriend, Kaitlyn. We had planned to spend a Sunday in San Francisco (something we don’t get to do very often). Yet, earlier in the week, I’d realized that I hadn’t flown her since January of this year (over 9 months ago). So ...

Sharing the Dream

Sharing the Dream

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Oct 30, 2011

My next two flights (in successive weeks) involved business flights up to Petaluma to visit my clients at KG Technologies. You might recall that it was my flights to KG last year that made me begin to realize that my dream of having my own company and flying myself to business meetings wasn’t far from ...

Mid-Summer Maiden Flights

Mid-Summer Maiden Flights

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Oct 30, 2011

Laura and Rob’s Romantic Sunset Ride Two days after I returned from an amazing two weeks of trips abroad, I had the opportunity to fly my friend Laura and her friend, Rob, on a nice romantic Bay Tour flight. I’d flown Laura and her twins a year ago on a flight up to Santa Rosa ...