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Traveling the World, One Ferry Flight at a Time

Since starting lessons, the longest Sarah’s gone without flying was a week she spent at AirVenture. Sam Weigel
Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Sarah Rovner, after an unconventional career path from IT, inadvertently became an aircraft ferry pilot and successfully grew her one-woman operation into FullThrottle Aviation, an international company with 15 pilots.
  • FullThrottle Aviation specializes in ferrying a diverse range of aircraft, from small planes to warbirds and crop-dusters, often involving complex logistics, international travel, and challenging ocean crossings.
  • The business primarily thrives on personal referrals and maintains its own insurance, allowing it to handle unique and rare aircraft while prioritizing safety above all else.
  • Sarah fosters a team of reliable and decision-oriented pilots, valuing their judgment on safety calls and actively supporting their development through training and scholarships.
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I can’t really say I know Sarah Rovner, because we’ve never actually met. We’re both airline pilots, we have a bunch of mutual friends in common, we presented at the same aviation conference (one day apart) and we’ve chatted online and on the telephone. But mostly I “know” Sarah because we’re Facebook friends and she shows up in my News Feed on a regular basis, usually with a photo of an interesting airplane in some cool out-of-the-way place.

Sam Weigel

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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