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Sarah Patten (Virginia)

Oct 2010

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Sarah Patten is based at KHWY,Warrenton-Fauquier Airport, Warrenton, Virginia and owns a Cessna 120.

Sarah Patten and her 1947 Cessna 120

I started flying in 1999, just before my senior year of high school, at 17N in southern NJ. I loved my lessons so much that I juggled three part time jobs in addition to school just to afford them! I earned my PPL in December 2000 and spent several years after that working every aviation job I could find. I worked as a line girl at a flight school, then later worked in their shop as an assistant to the school’s mechanic. I learned a lot about aircraft systems by actually working on them, and hope one day to earn my A&P. I also spent several years working in the office of a busy skydiving school.

Hugging my plane in Kansas the day I picked it up 

I earned my CFI in 2006, and shortly thereafter had the opportunity to take a job as Chief CFI and office manager of a small flight school. It was a lot of hard work and was certainly a learning experience! I loved instructing and some of my former students are now among my closest friends.

In 2008 I was hired by the FAA as an air traffic controller, and in early 2009 I moved to northern Virginia to begin training at the Potomac TRACON. It’s been a LOT of hard work, but I love my job! I hope to be fully certified sometime in the next month or two; once I’m done training I’m hoping to return to flight instructing part time.

At KAOO (Altoona, PA, also on the flight back from Kansas)

Last year I had the opportunity to buy a 1947 Cessna 120. I absolutely love it!! The previous owner took fantastic care of it and I plan to do the same. My mechanic and I picked it up from Oxford, Kansas, last August, and spent several days flying it back to the East Coast. It’s been a blast flying around the beautiful scenery of northern VA, and I’m looking forward to many more happy hours in the air!

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