Switching to a Flying Career Later in Life
FLYING columnist Dick Karl explains to Sam Weigel how he made the transition from cancer surgeon to Part 135 pilot.
V1 Rotate’s Sam Weigel flies with fellow FLYING columnist Dick Karl in his Cessna Citation CJ1 from Austin to Tampa to find out how Karl made the transition from cancer surgeon to Part 135 pilot.
What is it like to switch to a flying career later in life? V1 Rotate's Sam Weigel flies with fellow FLYING columnist Dick Karl in his Cessna Citation CJ1 from Austin to Tampa to find out how Karl made the transition from cancer surgeon to Part 135 pilot.
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Sam Weigel has been an airplane nut since an early age, and when he's not flying the Boeing 737 for work, he enjoys going low and slow in vintage taildraggers. He and his wife live west of Seattle, where they are building an aviation homestead on a private 2,400-foot grass airstrip.
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