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Just before Captain Zach’s Sabbatical

We were invited to Captain Zach’s last flight before his sabbatical leave.

John and I at the Mountain Home, ID Air Force Base, 2022

Captain Zach Adams is an F-15 pilot. He is also the CEO of the company Pitch Aeronautics. Pitch Aero develops a special drone that can install and uninstall dynamic line rating sensors on power lines. Zach wanted to take some off Air Force to concentrate on the company for a while. He invited John and I in particular for his last flight before the sabbatical. He flew the F-15 quite amazingly. We also got to see some F-35s close up as well. What’s more, Captain Zach showed the interior of his F-15 to John and I.

John and I enjoyed that day a lot. We got to meet Captain Zach’s dad, who is also a pilot, it turns out! Of course, a lot of gossip was made that day as well on somebody else who was there; but I’ll keep that to myself.

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