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725 Woods Place Wausau, WI 54403 715 845-3400 |
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Gil Buettner |
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Biography: I joined the Air Force after college to avoid being drafted into the Army. I told the recruiter that I didn’t know a lot about math, but I could read a compass. “Fine,” he said, “we will teach you the rest.” And they did. I finished Undergraduate Pilot Training in Arizona in 1969 and became a combat crew member on a C-130E, eventually moving over to the left seat and flying almost 1,500 hours in the military, including 70 combat missions in Vietnam. I was awarded the Air Medal in 1972. After leaving the Air Force in 1973, most of my professional life has been in radio and television, working as a reporter, a news manager, an account manager and a general manager. Broadcasting took me from Green Bay to Eau Claire to Rochester, NY and then Kalamazoo, Duluth, Toledo, Wausau and Rhinelander. Throughout that career I continued to fly general aviation airplanes, and eventually became a flight instructor to pass on my love of flight to others. My wife and I own a beautiful V-tail Bonanza that has taken us on many wonderful trips.
Memberships: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Experimental Aircraft Association, National Association of Flight Instructors, Quiet Birdmen.
Licenses & Ratings: Commercial pilot. Single engine land and sea, multi-engine land, instrument, Certified Flight Instructor. More than 4,600 total flying hours and more than 700 hours of dual instruction given. Qualified in tailwheel, skiplane and seaplane operations as well as high altitude.
Favorite Airplane: Northrup T-38 Talon. My “hero picture” (age 23) below:
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