Luca Bertossia has been flying fewer than six years, but is already a two-time World Aerobatics Glider Champion. In fact, he makes a living flying gliders on the airshow circuit in Europe. Is your mortgage/rent paid because of aviation? And I’m not talking about airline or instructor pilots, but in careers and paths that few outside your line of work would understand or know about. If so, we want to hear from you. Send your story (with photos) to GAN Editor Janice Wood.
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I have been making a living moving planes all over the world from little one seaters to multi seat jet airliners ever since I retired as a captain from Delta Airlines. I have been to a lot of places including Kabul, Afghanistan and Baghdad, Iraq as a ferry pilot!
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