One of the best parts of being a flight instructor is that it gives you the opportunity to have a positive impact on someone’s life. Just as we tend to remember our favorite teachers from school, most pilots can remember their favorite flight instructors. One such example is Gerald (Jerry) Griggs, from Wichita, Kansas, who vividly recalls his first solo in 1967 and Jim Schoerger, the CFI who made it possible.
The pair met at Pearland Airport, a now defunct general aviation field that was located just west of Ellington Air Force Base.
