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THE FLIGHT PLAN FOREWORD 21 Formation flying is a very risky business and there are few people that I will entrust my life with. No stone can THE TURBULENCE be left unturned to mitigate every single risk. By collaborating, clearly communicating and flying reverently, 65 you can create magic in the sky. Jessica’s fierce determination compels her to strive for excellence in execution with everything she does; THE LOGBOOK whether it’s being a photographer, pilot, mother or just a friend. I’ve had the honor of participating on 109 many of Jessica’s photo flights and I believe that every aircraft owner featured in this book shares the same determination and passion. THE LANDING Aviators are on an everlasting journey to inspire through the metaphor of flight. We are a special group of 151 human beings that look at the world through a different lens. Thanks to Jessica’s brilliant artistry, Jet Dreams captures what we see. 2 34 5 10 12 13 SEAN D. TUCKER 2-3 4-5 8-9 10-11 Cessna Citation X Cessna Citation X Cessna Citation Mustang & CJ3s Oracle Challenger 11 Refuge AirRanch • Alpine, Wyoming Refuge AirRanch • Alpine, Wyoming San Francisco, California Monterey, California 12-13 Cessna Citation Mustang & Oracle Challenger Big Sur, California INTRODUCTION An airplane doesn’t care who you are. It doesn’t care where from a well-flown approach. Each photo in this book represents THE FLIGHT PLAN My first memory is flying a glider with my father as he was making loops and you’re from or what you’ve done. In the sky, what matters is the culmination of a dream-come-true story. rolls. I must have been four or five, and I still live that moment vividly in my what you do in each moment. What movement you make with 22-23 mind. It was magical. The feeling will be with me as long as I live. the yoke. What pressure you apply on the rudder pedals. What It may seem like they’ve done it all, but our air-to-air photo Cessna Citation X HUMBERTO LOBO power you set with the thrust levers. flights are often their first introduction to formation flying. Refuge AirRanch • Alpine, Wyoming This can be as daunting for them as it is exciting, and my 24 But behind each flight is a story. An intriguing story of hard team is there to lead the way, putting safety first. In the air, work and achievement – that started with a dream. our formation is the ultimate expression of teamwork. It’s an 24-25 experience that stays with you, and I’m always grateful for the When they were kids, the owner-pilots featured in this book opportunity to share it. Embraer Phenom 100 & 300 dreamed of flying. They looked up to the sky each time an Monterrey, Mexico airplane passed over. Today, they are entrepreneurs, industry Likewise, air-to-air photography has provided our photo team leaders and CEOs. Determined, persistent and sometimes just with unforgettable experiences in extraordinary places. One lucky. And they now fly their own jet. Each time they take off, that stands out and simply screams “Jet Dreams” is the Refuge the little kid inside them cheers, “Yes!” Jet Dreams is about AirRanch in Wyoming. This residential fly-in community merges that kid. aviation camaraderie with the great outdoors, on a level that has to be seen to be believed. As you turn the pages, you’ll discover It’s always a special experience to photograph and spend time just what a gem the Refuge is. with these multidimensional individuals. They’ve plotted their own flight plans. They’ve endured turbulence while outclimbing With this book I hope you find inspiration from the photos, storms to blue skies on top. They’ve filled logbooks with incredible advice, accomplishments and lessons learned in making dreams journeys. And they’ve savored the sweetness of a smooth landing come true. Now, your dream is cleared for takeoff. JESSICA AMBATS 14 15 25 14-15 16-17 18-19 Cessna Citation X Cessna Citation Mustang Embraer Phenom 300 Refuge AirRanch • Alpine, Wyoming Colorado River • Nevada Catalina Island • California I have a scrapbook of my early years that my mother compiled, and seven of my first ten words were either airplanes or cars. As I got older, I moved on to building stick-and-tissue free-flight models, primitive radio control airplanes, early electric airplanes, and finally I took full- size sailplane lessons. ADAM GROSSER 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 35 26-27 28-29 30-31 32-33 34-35 L Cessna Citation Mustang • Lake Mead, Nevada L Patriots L-39 Jet Team • San Diego, California L-39 Albatros & Dassault Falcon 2000 L Pilatus PC-24 • Lake Mead, Nevada R Pilatus PC-24 • Colorado River • Nevada R Challenger & Citation Mustang • Big Sur, California San Francisco, California R Embraer Phenom 300 • Monument Valley, Arizona Embraer Phenom 300 Superstition Mountains • Phoenix, Arizona

I have a photo of three-year-old me hugging a helicopter at an airshow. Later, during my college years I When I was ten years old I was fortunate to go for a flight during which I was allowed to ride as “co-pilot.” 38 When I was a kid, I was inspired looking at all of the fighters flying One summer day, I was hiking and we stopped for lunch near a mountaintop. A beautiful sailplane 46 dreamed of flying more seriously. But in those days, females weren’t directed toward such professions. In fact, The pilot let me fly the airplane! But looking back, I realize it was on autopilot the whole time. around. Flash forward and I have done more than 85 Atlantic Ocean soared by, below us! It flew just above the treetops, riding the air pushed up by the ridge. So quiet – 45 I did a career survey and tested strong in military, technical and stewardess categories, but there wasn’t even CHRIS CAFFEY crossings in my jets. It’s a fantastic feeling. you could hear the wind rushing over its wings. It was one of the most stunning sights I’d ever seen. an option to select pilot as a career. So, flying was a later-in-life but life-changing event for me that I fully JØRGEN ANDERSEN The next morning, I took my first glider lesson at a nearby airport. 46-47 embraced from my first flight in command. 37 RON GRUNER 39 40 Cessna Citation Mustang NANCY AUTH 41 44 Catalina Island • California 40-41 36 44-45 SIAI Marchetti S211 36-37 38-39 Big Sur, California Embraer Phenom 100 L Jet Commander • Byron, California Brunswick, Maine L Citation CJ2 • Stuart, Florida R L-39 Albatros • San Francisco, California R Citation M2 • Greensboro, North Carolina At a young age I’d tip over the 55-gallon drums that were used I had heard my father tell stories about his flying during World War II. One day we went to a grass to feed cows and horses on our family farm. I’d sit in the cutout, field so we could see an airplane. It was yellow and small and now I know it was a Piper J-3 Cub.  moving side-to-side while pretending I was flying a warbird. That moment set a passionate course for the rest of my life. TAD IHNS NED GREENOP 55 56 As a child I used to go to the local airport to watch planes fly. My aspirations of being a Navy pilot were As a child I loved to see airplanes flying and dreamed of being up there. When I was 12, I read a book about dashed by my poor vision. I put flying in the back of my mind, but later as a medical intern, I started thinking flying in Alaska as a bush pilot. After that, when someone would ask what I was going to do when I grew up, I 56-57 of it again. During my residency, I took flight lessons. A Cessna 172 rented for ten dollars per hour and I had would declare, “I’m going to be an Alaskan bush pilot!” I hadn’t even been in an airplane yet, but I was adamant. enough for one hour per week. My examiner was kind enough to allow me to take my checkride on my 40th Embraer Phenom 100 hour, the minimum number of hours required. R AYMOND J. BAILE Y Pensacola, Florida HOWARD TOBIN 50 51 52 53 54 57 48 49 48-49 50-51 52-53 54-55 L Embraer Phenom 100 • Oshkosh, Wisconsin L Cessna Citation 501 • Big Sur, California P-51 Mustang & Cessna Citation Mustangs Cessna Citation Mustangs R Embraer Phenom 300 • Alpine, Wyoming R Cessna Citation M2 • Big Sur, California New York, New York Malibu, California When I was six my parents took me on an airline flight and I can still I grew up thinking pilots were cool but I never had the time, money and self-confidence – all at the My dad had his pilot’s license when I was born, so I grew up flying. I had to get driven to the airport remember how exciting it was to be invited up front to meet the pilots.  same time – in order to try until I was 45 years old. Once I tried I was hooked. to do my first solo flight since I was younger than the legal driving age. I cherished the little pin-on pilot wings that they gave me. I didn’t come from an aviation family and because I have weak vision in one LARRY C. KING DAVID FARR eye I was always told that without 20/20 vision in both eyes, I’d never be able to fly. It wasn’t until my late 30s that I learned I could actually 60 61 62 63 64 65 67 become a pilot. It was something that completely changed my life. 66 JOHN HAYES 60-61 62-63 64-65 66-67 59 Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet Oracle Challenger & Citation Mustang Cessna Citation CJ3 Holland, Michigan San Francisco, California Malibu, California Cessna Citation Mustang 58-59 Big Sur, California The Collaborators & Cessna Citation Mustang King City, California

THE TURBULENCE The advantage of being an entrepreneur is that you only have to work Set your goals high and always strive to accomplish them. Don’t be afraid to when you want to – which if you want to eat and pay your bills, is all stumble along the way, and use it to learn. of the time. ROBERT A. WILSON CHRIS CARLSON In aviation you have to consider more than just what your immediate action produces. You have to analyze So many aspects of flying translate into better engaging the world around me: an aptitude for and what those actions will bring five steps later. Understanding cause and effect and the decision-making chain is understanding of systems and mechanics; applications for basic math and physics concepts; embracing the awe helpful in daily life and solving complex problems. and beauty of weather; planning and executing multiple scenarios while often making decisions in the face of JASON TALLE Y uncertainty; and most of all, knowing what can be accomplished through determination and hard work, backed by a great support team. 77 78 NANCY AUTH 70 71 72 73 76 79 68-69 70-71 72-73 76-77 78-79 Cessna Citation X Eclipse 500 L Patriots & Boeing 747 • San Diego, California Cessna Citation Mustangs L Citation Mustang • Catalina Island, California Refuge AirRanch • Alpine, Wyoming Pensacola, Florida R Glasair III & Citation CJ3 • Madison, Wisconsin Malibu, California R Citation CJ2 • Stuart, Florida When a problem comes up, don’t panic or ignore it – deal with it! To fly takes dedication. You have to be willing to dedicate your time and resources not only to learn to DAVID FARR fly but to stay proficient. To be your best at anything that you attempt requires dedication. Don’t wait – life is short and the perfect time to start will never come. JOE FISHER Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Follow your dreams and do not allow anyone or Write your dreams down. Most people think a lot. But taking even the smallest action to write them down is a anything to distract you. step toward your goal. MICHAEL HERMAN MARK HALE 82 84 85 86 90 91 80 81 84-85 86-87 80-81 82-83 90-91 Cessna Citation CJ3+ Embraer Phenom 100 L Cessna Citation CJ3 • Alpine, Wyoming Cessna Citation CJ3 Big Sur, California Monterrey, Mexico L Citation Mustang & CJ3s • Malibu, California R Phenoms & Citation CJ3s • Alpine, Wyoming Malibu, California R L-39 Albatros • San Francisco, California The old adage of “fly the plane” is a concept of focus, determination and never giving up. Demonstrating this Persistence, patience and perseverance always pays off. Never give up. People will tell you it isn’t possible. It The emphasis on safety in aviation has served as a model in developing my Never give up if you really want to achieve something. Don’t take no for an answer if it’s not the answer you Set your goal and move forward. This will not always be a straight line and sometimes one step back is the best mindset in your daily life will surely yield success. Have well-defined goals and a plan to execute. Full power! always is possible provided you never give up. medical practice as a cosmetic surgeon. Since all of my work is elective, need to get where you want to go. There is always a way. way to take two steps forward. Find a mentor – someone who has made the mistakes. While experience is the I always tell my patients that safety comes first. The lessons learned LARRY C. KING best education, sometimes the tuition is prohibitively expensive. NED GREENOP BILL DUBÉ in trying to fly safely are easily applied to a surgical practice: proper preparation and attention to detail. You must focus on what you’re doing 101 102 CHRIS CARLSON 92 and remain prepared for the anticipated – or a sudden emergency. 93 HOWARD TOBIN 96 97 100 95 100-101 103 92-93 94-95 96-97 Cessna Citation CJ3+ 102-103 Monument Valley, Arizona Citation Mustang & Oracle Challenger Cessna Citation 501 & Oracle Challenger Embraer Phenom 100 & Columbia 350 L Citation Mustang • San Francisco, California San Francisco, California Big Sur, California Lake Superior, Minnesota R Eclipse 500 • Pensacola, Florida

Chasing my aviation passion has not been linear, fast or predictable. In the end, you realize that there THE LOGBOOK are three things to always keep in mind during the inevitable bumps and great times on the pathway: passion, perseverance and purpose. TAD IHNS 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 104-105 106-107 108-109 110-111 112-113 L SIAI Marchetti S211 • Big Sur, California L Citation Mustang • Lake Mead, Nevada Embraer Phenom 100 Cessna Citation Mustang & P-51 Mustang Cessna Citation X R Vision & Eurocopter EC130 • Holland, Michigan R Embraer Phenom 100 • Malibu, California Pensacola, Florida New York, New York Refuge AirRanch • Alpine, Wyoming It was a memorable flight home after taking delivery of my jet. Although the jet wasn’t supersonic, We had the privilege of flying children from Make-A-Wish my mind certainly was that day. on special flights over their hometowns in our rainbow Dream Chaser. What an honor it was to give the gift of NED GREENOP flight to those kids who are fighting for their lives. The smiles on their faces will be with me forever. LYNN KROGH 116 117 118 120 121 122 124 125 116-117 118-119 120-121 122-123 124-125 L Patriots Jet Team • San Diego, California Embraer Phenom 100 & 300 Cessna Citation Mustang Learjet 35A Cessna Citation Mustang R Eclipse 500s • Charleston, South Carolina Monterrey, Mexico San Francisco, California Denver, Colorado Las Vegas, Nevada It’s just two hours in the jet from our base airport to our ranch in My most memorable flight was taking my jet trans-Atlantic Montana. We can go from home to a completely out-of-the-norm and via Greenland and Iceland to visit my father in the U.K., laidback experience in such a short time. One of the best parts of the while achieving a world speed record in class. ranch is flying there. BRAD AMOILS MARY COMPTON 128 129 131 133 134 135 136 137 132 128-129 130-131 132-133 134-135 136-137 L Citation CJ4 • Lake Powell, Nevada Cessna Citation Mustang R Eclipse 500 • Lake Powell, Nevada Big Sur, California L SIAI Marchetti S211 • Big Sur, California L Citation CJ3 & Challenger • San Francisco, California Embraer Phenom 300 R Cessna Citation M2 • Malibu, California R Mustang & Challenger • Monterey, California New York, New York

My first flight in my L-39 went great in the air, but not on the ground. I was returning back home Flying disaster relief during the 2010 Haiti earthquake was incredibly memorable. The ability to bring from training. During training my instructor had always gotten the step ready for me since he exited supplies and volunteers to Haiti, then return to the U.S. transporting children with amputations, the plane first after each flight. Upon landing from my first leg of the flight home after getting my type gangrene and other critical care needs to hospitals and see them thrive later was something I’ll never rating, I opened the jet’s canopy. I stepped out and proceeded to fall down off the wing, right in front forget. Over the Caribbean I would put the kids in the co-pilot seat, disconnect the autopilot and of the fuel guy – priceless! I had forgotten the step. let them fly. I’d give them logbooks after the flight, too. My contribution was small compared to the efforts of the ground relief teams, however the flights provided a critical lifeline to Haiti. MARK HALE RICH PICKETT 138 140 141 142 144 145 146 147 139 138-139 140-141 142-143 144-145 146-147 L Phenom 300 • New York, New York L: L-39 Albatros • San Francisco, California Cessna Citation CJ3+ L Citation CJ3 • San Francisco, California L Eclipse 500s • Charleston, South Carolina R Citation Mustangs • New York, New York R: Eclipse 500 • Malibu, California Sedona, Arizona R Phenom 100 & 300 • Monterrey, Mexico R Eclipse 500 • Pensacola, Florida The reason I have the jet is the freedom it provides. The ability to travel 152 THE LANDING I still pinch myself. I still look over my shoulder to make sure no one is coming to say ‘just kidding.” 157 158 159 to see new places, family and friends. To decide at breakfast in the cold Every time I step out of my plane, I feel so incredibly fortunate to have enjoyed a particular journey. Midwest that it would be good to have lunch someplace warmer. To visit my 152-153 153 Sometimes I’ll just sit in the hangar and think about how many things had to happen for this plane to be 158-159 mother or play golf with my son while still making it home for dinner with in my life at this moment. my wife. My most memorable flight allowed me to see my father only hours Cessna Citation Mustangs 154-155 ADAM GROSSER L Cessna Citation CJ3+ • Lake Powell, Arizona before he passed away. Malibu, California R Phenom 100 & Columbia 350 • Duluth, Minnesota CHRIS CARLSON Cessna Citation X 156 Refuge AirRanch • Alpine, Wyoming 148 156-157 148-149 L-39 Albatros & Dassault Falcon 2000 San Francisco, California Eclipse 500 Pensacola, Florida I am a hotel developer, owner and operator. I started I never take aviation for granted. I will be forever be grateful I really cannot imagine my life without flying. The places flying has taken our company at the age of 33. I was able follow my for the opportunity of a lifetime: the gift of flight. me, the opportunities and experiences flying has given me, and the sights dream of being a pilot while at the same time pursuing flying has shown me have made flying itself a dream come true. a career in real estate development. I am a lucky guy! I HUMBERTO LOBO JOE FISHER have to pinch myself every now and then when I walk Flying is the ultimate ability to have a magic carpet and go wherever I want, whenever I want. It always feels incredible to fly my own jet. I still sometimes cannot believe I am really doing it. up to launch the jet. 169 TRACY FORREST CHRIS CAFFEY DAVE LENZ 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 160-161 162-163 164-165 166-167 168-169 L Citation Mustangs • Lake Mead, Nevada Cessna Citation M2 Cessna Citation Mustang & Oracle Challenger Embraer Phenom 100 & 300 R M2 & Aviat Pitts • Greensboro, North Carolina Sedona, Arizona Big Sur, California Monterrey, Mexico Cessna Citation CJ3+ Big Sur, California

I absolutely love the freedom and control of my schedule that comes from owning my own jet. It goes beyond being able to manage my time more effectively into a much greater freedom to choose activities that are impractical when having to consider more conventional travel choices. Even just the desire to go flying leads me to select airports and areas that I wouldn’t choose unless I had my own airplane, and that lets me expand my worldview. MARC DULUDE 176 180 182 183 172 173 174 175 180-181 182-183 172-173 174-175 176-177 Cessna Citation CJ3+ L Pilatus PC-24 • Lake Mead, Nevada L Cirrus Vision & Edge 540 • San Diego, California L SIAI Marchetti S211 • Big Sur, California Cessna Citation CJ3 & CJ2+ & CJ3+ & M2 Sedona, Arizona R Eclipse 500 • Pensacola, Florida R Citation Mustang & P-51 • New York, New York Alpine, Wyoming R Citation CJ3s & CJ • Indianapolis, Indiana I have always dreamed of sharing aviation with as many young Spending time with family and friends brings the 189 The Refuge enhances the days of aviators and local residents, alike. Not only is people as I can. That has been my mission in life. People most joy to my life. Mountain biking and skiing – 190 this the most majestic fly-in community anywhere, it brightens the lives of all helped me get to where I am today and so I am determined to especially when coupled with flying – is a blast. who call Wyoming home. pay it forward to others so that they might have some of the The ability to load up bikes in the plane, fly to an experiences and opportunities that I’ve had. airport, unload and ride is so much fun. MARK BAKER LYNN KROGH RICH PICKETT I earned a pilot’s license, then I got a small plane, then a jet, then a helicopter, and 184 188 another jet, and then a glider. Never when I was lying on my back looking at the stars as a kid did I imagine these dreams and more would come true. 184-185 188-189 But I dreamed and hoped, and got very lucky in life for a farm boy from Iowa. I found this crazy cool small airport tucked away in one of the grandest locations Learjet 35A Eclipse 500 one could ever imagine, and I bought a house. I laid on my back again and Denver, Colorado Malibu, California dreamed of how amazing it could be. Maybe it could be the most majestic, world- class recreational airport on the planet. And now one might say it is, as many classy, tuned-in aviators do. To me, that is one of the biggest compliments and satisfactions anyone could ever dream. STEVEN C. FUNK 193 191 190-191 192-193 194-195 L Eclipse 500 • Lake Powell, Arizona Cessna Citation X Cessna Citation CJ3 R Citation Mustang • San Francisco, California Refuge AirRanch • Alpine, Wyoming Madison, Wisconsin 212 213 214 215 200 201 212-213 214-215 200-201 202-203 204-205 Cessna Citation X Cessna Citation X Refuge AirRanch • Alpine, Wyoming Refuge AirRanch • Alpine, Wyoming Beechcraft A36 Bonanza Cessna Citation CJ3+ Embraer Phenom 100 & 300 LPhoto by David Farr RPhoto by Mary Compton Sedona, Arizona Monterrey, Mexico

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If you are chasing your dreams, never wait. Just do it. TRACY FORREST (1950-2020)