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Meet cargo pilot Brandon Jones. Dedicated and enthusiastic, Brandon is the kind of pilot who will always greet you with a big smile. He\u2019s a particular favorite of ours at trade shows and aviation events because he always makes sure to come by our booth to say hello.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brandon loved the idea of flying as a child, but the cost to get into aviation seemed daunting. Once he was old enough, joining the Air Force seemed like the natural choice. When he finished at the academy they sent him to flight training where he was finally able to earn his private pilots license. He explained that while learning to fly in the Air Force solved not being able to afford flight school on his own, it was a very intense experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One story Brandon told me about his time in the military will have you at the edge of your seat. He and another pilot were practicing in a T-38 jet trainer, which was very rudimentary with no advanced avionics. While waiting to take off, they both got quite sucked in to watching other planes coming and going. When it was their turn for takeoff things all went smoothly at first, but very quickly they both noticed that they were not climbing nearly as quickly as they should have in a supersonic jet. The treeline was coming up fast. Suddenly they realized that despite all of their experience and training, they\u2019d gotten distracted watching the planes and completely forgotten to put out the flaps! Thankfully they were able to hastily fix their mistake and narrowly avoid the trees. Laughing, Brandon finished the story with, \u201cThat was definitely a lesson I\u2019ve never forgotten. I might make a lot of mistakes, but I don\u2019t think I will ever forget the flaps!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When I asked Brandon if he would ever fly to space, his response was immediate. \u201cHang up the phone right now and I'm there. That was my whole dream. My entire life!\u201d While it may not have quite been space, he was excited to tell me about getting to wear a spacesuit (pictured above) and fly the U-2 at 70,000 feet, high enough to see the curve of the earth. He wistfully added, \u201cI was just born in the wrong twenty or thirty year span. If I was twenty or thirty years older I could have caught the end of the shuttle, and if I was twenty or thirty years younger, I could have been in on this new wave. But I\u2019m luckily I did get to fly.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brandon\u2019s enthusiasm for his logbook comes in as a close second to his love of space. He\u2019s a huge advocate for electronic logbooks and keeping all of his flight data neat. He explained, \u201cIt\u2019s a no brainer because of the ability to correct mistakes, to have a uniform looking product and a professional looking product, devoid of white outs, crossed out entries, coffee stains, and bad penmanship. Your logbook represents <\/span>everything <\/span><\/i>you\u2019ve done as far as aviation.\u201d He then proceeded to launch into a sales pitch for LogTen Pro that I don\u2019t think anyone here at Coradine could rival! He\u2019s so passionate about pilots and especially other ex-military pilots getting their logbook data into digital format that he loves to help friends and colleagues set up spreadsheets and import those into LogTen Pro. He may truly be our biggest fan!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When he isn\u2019t flying, Brandon loves basketball and is on a mission to convince his precocious five-year-old daughter to follow in his footsteps one day and learn to fly. He said \u201cI figure if I can make it, anybody can! \u2018Cause I was not Top Gun. I wasn\u2019t anything special. I had issues at certain times in training, but I made it through.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you so much to Brandon Jones for sharing his story! You can check out more LogTenLife stories here<\/a> and here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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