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Success Story

“I started as a teenager and just fell in love with it. I ended up getting married, and I never finished. My dream was to be a corporate pilot. In the last couple years, I moved up to Twisp, and [CFI] Bob Hoffman had offered flights during Women of Aviation Week. It changed everything for me. It was in February, cold as could be, and he happened to have one spot left in the plane to take the ride around the valley. I just wanted to see if I still had the bug. He put me in the left seat—he knew.”
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Louise Bighouse (left) and Designated Pilot Examiner Judith Kirkwood.

Name: Louise Bighouse
Age: 55
Event: Private pilot checkride
Where: Twisp Municipal Airport, Twisp, Washington (2SO)Airplane: Cessna 172

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