AOPA Pilot Magazine - April 2015 - 54
"The key is a free
flow of information
and being willing
to tell it like it is.
It's not always easy
to hear, but it's
essential."
-Jim Calhoun
Rose asks Calhoun, 69, whether he's
the youngest Maverick.
"I am," the retired Delta pilot says
with feigned indignation. "And I'm deeply
offended you had to ask."
Together, the Mavericks count more
than 220 years of flying experience
between them. Each learned to fly as
a teen, and three made it their profession. But the large number means little
to Gandt.
"Don't be impressed by total flight
hours," he says dismissively. "Some of the
worst pilots I ever flew with were senior
airline captains with tens of thousands of
hours of flight time."
A corporate jet noisily streaks overhead, and Gandt looks up.
"There, but for the grace of God, don't
go I," he says.
"Been there, done that," Weldon
agrees.
ITALIAN MISTRESS
MODEL AIRPLANES double as visual aids
for planning close formation flights.
54 | AOPA PILOT April 2015
It's easy to see similarities in the Maverick
bios, but these pilots aren't shaped by the
same cookie cutter. They're from different regions of the country, and they
come from various aviation tribes. Gandt
flew Navy fighters and later joined Pan
Am/Delta; Weldon flew both Air Force
bombers (B-47s) and fighters (F-86s and
F-84s), and spent several years flying
medical missionaries in Mexico; Calhoun
was an Army helicopter pilot before joining the "original" Delta; Keilin was a
civilian flight instructor before, during,
and after dental school.
Their interests outside formation flying also vary. Gandt is an accomplished
author of 14 books, a screenwriter, and
recently returned from an adventure trip
to Antarctica; Weldon owns and flies a
Cessna 180 on rugged backcountry explorations; Calhoun serves on the resident
board that manages the Spruce Creek
airport and community; and Keilin is a
skilled aircraft builder.
In fact, Keilin helped shift the
Mavericks from their former airplanes-
Italian-built SIAI-Marchetti SF.260s to
the Experimental-category RVs.
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