Say Hello To Pete Tobin And Aleta Vinas!
With the final days before the official start to EAA AirVenture
2006 counting down all too rapidly... and, not quickly enough...
ANN's senior staff is all-too-aware of the Herculean task ahead of
us in reporting EVERYTHING that's news at The World's Greatest
Aviation Celebration.
Fortunately, this year we'll have some help... and some really
GREAT help at that. As we've already told you, Aero-News is
bringing its largest staff EVER to AirVenture this year... and over
the next several days, we thought we'd take the time to introduce
you to the staff members -- both full-time, as well as our
"stringers" -- who will be bringing our readers and listeners all
the news that's fit to pixilate from Oshkosh this year.
And now, without further adieu...
Pete Tobin
Pete Tobin is a 950+ hour instrument rated pilot who really
really does intend to take his commercial check ride someday.
Although he absolutely loves his Lancair Columbia 350, he will
always jump at the chance to take up a glider, his favorite way to
fly.
When not in pilot mode, he’s a screen writer and a refuge
from Hollywood, where he worked on the crews of over a dozen
movies, network television shows and way too many commercials to
count. His lovely wife Karen is also a pilot. Together
they’ve flown their 350 from the Pacific to the Atlantic, and
a whole lot of places in between.
Meigs Field will always be Pete's favorite runway... but Key
West International does fill a large part of that void.
Aleta Vinas
When she told ANN Publisher Jim Campbell she would "write for an
Oshkosh pass, she didn't really expect he'd take her up on it. That
was four years ago... and her "newbie" status has long since been
demolished. She's now a grizzled old veteran (with much to learn)
but still more than willing to write for a pass to the Big O.
Aleta says she's known since she was a little girl that aviation
was where I wanted to build a career. She just didn't realize it
might not be up in the air. Aleta graduated from Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University with a BS in Aeronautical Science and an AS
in Aviation Management. She spent some years as a flight instructor
and now lives vicariously through a few of her students who have
become airline pilots. She chose a different flight path for her
career, but maintains her CFII and flies occasionally as a weekend
pilot.
Stay tuned as we introduce more of our stringers and staffers in
days to come!