While attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ, I became a licensed amateur radio operator (“ham radio”). My callsign is KC7UNK. I was quite active in the Emergency
Services side of ham radio. Also during college I volunteered at the local community
cable access channel as a camera operator, editor, and eventually became
a paid employee as the Public Access Coordinator for the town and graduating with a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Aeronautical Science and a minor in Aviation Weather.
Halfway
through my college years, I joined the Civil Air Patrol, as a member of Prescott’s
206 Composite Squadron. I was a Transport Mission Pilot and the Communications
Officer for the squadron until acquiring my first flying job out of upstate
New York.
My first commercial flying job was with Landcare Aviation, in Utica, New York. I flew C172’s performing
geo-referenced aerial imaging/mapping. I flew all over the country
in the Cessna’s with camera systems that cost more than the airplane and
me combined. Twice I flew from upstate New York to Los Angeles California.
During that time I transferred to the Mohawk Griffus Senior Squadron of CAP where I became
the safety officer.
After acquiring my first airline job in 2002 , I moved back to Maine, settling in Richmond. Boston-Maine Airways, based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was an airline created by the large train company Guilford Transportation. I flew all throughout the northeast in a Jetstream 31 turbo-prop as a first officer. During this period I transferred to the Augusta Composite Squadron and joined the Richmond Fire Department. I also became a substitute teacher at my alma mater, Wiscasset High School.
In 2004 a career opportunity presented itself to me. I was hired by Colgan Air, Inc. flying their Saab 340 Turbo-props out of Portland, Maine. Based in Boston, I am currently a Captain, Check Airman, and Base Manager and live in Trenton, ME, home of the 38th Composite Squadron.
orn in Seattle, Washington, my family moved to Maine when I was 8. We settled in Lincoln County. It was during a 
