RENEE SNOW

After the death of my husband I felt my wings were cut off so to speak. I was aimlessly drifting and lost when a good friend of mine, Arthur, decided to resume his flying after a 10 years break. He literally dragged me along to the Blue Ridge ground school 5 years ago to get my mind off the situation. I didn't do well as it wasn't really well structured. I started to take flying lessons with Amy, a CFI at the Nut Tree. Someone told me about the Aeronautical club on base so I decided to join and redo ground. It was hard but I got a 95 after studying on the site computers each night. Meanwhile, the hefty price of the private lessons started to weight and Arthur and I started looking for a plane to purchase. When I heard that the owner of our plane Karl Berger wanted to sell his Cessna after his stroke and we immediately fell in love with it and bought it. It was an exciting day when I flew it back with my instructor from the base to the Nut Tree! After 5 instructors deserting me, I almost gave up getting my license. I was rescued by CFI Rob Markword, an acquaintance of my boy friend and I flew back and forth from the Nut Tree to Santa Rosa for a few more lessons and finally took and passed the check ride with Steven Benedict, the examiner there.

Renee will send us more information on her very patriotic 152. She is active in giving Young Eagles rides!