Flight Engineer Gone Student Pilot!!

​It’s getting hot out there! But even in the midst of 90-degree weather, student pilot extraordinaire, Randy Harsey, was able to squeeze in his first ever solo flight this morning in N495SP at KRTS on runway 26! That’s right, Randy wiped the sweat from his forehead and locked his sights for 26, and after some great pilotage, Randy buttered all landings with extra flare (pun fully intended 😉). But this isn’t Randy’s first ride-in with aviation by any means. When he’s not flying GBA planes and cruising at a calm and comfortable 90kts, he oversees the systems of the good ol’ C-130 for our local Air Guard as a flight engineer! So if you’ve ever had to do a go-around because of C-130 wake turbulence, you can probably blame Randy… When he’s not spending all of his time at KRNO, you can find Randy going to Disneyland with his family and avidly snowboarding in the winter. Huge congratulations to Randy and his instructor, Kevin Marshall, on this incredible accomplishment! Now get out there and fly!