In all his years as a pilot, he had never lost even one engine.
Her father, Mike, flew for years as a pilot for Continental Airlines, according to several news reports.
During his years as a pilot in the air force (1951 75) and an astronaut for NASA, he logged 7,200 hours of flight time.
In addition to his other jobs, Saunders worked for years as a pilot shuttling Smithfield Foods executives around the country as they made acquisitions of their own.
The gamble was a success and he spent two years as a pilot there before the company closed and he was offered a job flying tourists round St Lucia.
In the my 10 years as a pilot for a major British airline, I can't think of a single fatal crash involving British craft.
The second world war interrupted Farrell's studies and in 1940 he enlisted in the RAF, spending the next five years as a pilot officer with Bomber Command.
After Mr. Dewar spent three years as a pilot in the United States Naval Air Corps, he attended law school at Wayne State University in Detroit.
After serving for two years as a pilot in the Air Force, Mr. McLaughlin climbed rapidly in business, first at Champion Papers and then as chairman and chief executive of the Toro Company, maker of lawnmowers and snow blowers.
Distance is practically no problem for the couple, as Mr. Brown, who is now retired, spent more than 30 years as a pilot, first for Pan Am and then for Delta, guaranteeing him good deals on tickets.
