Pete Gavitte: Secretary

When Pete Gavitte was born and the doctor spanked him, he made airplane noises.  He grew up running around the yard with arms either spread out as wings or gripping a virtual control stick and pressing the firing trigger.  When asked to do a book report in 6th grade he chose War and Peace because he thought there was an aviation element to it.  He gained technical competence in the 7th grade and still has the card (laminated) certifying that he is qualified to operate 16mm projectors in his junior high school to prove it.   One time Chuck Yeager said Pete was the genius behind breaking the sound barrier.  When asked how that could be when Pete was born 40 years after that event, Chuck said that "Pete transcends the space-time continuum".   I could continue to bore you with small facts about Pete's life but I have to get back to my Walter Mitty movie, and all the foregoing isn't really true... except the 16mm projector card, that part is true.  

no, seriously…. Pete Gavitte has been flying since he was 18 years old.  He flew privately for 10 years while working as an EMT and paramedic before a stint as a CFII doing helicopter flight instruction.  He started a career in law enforcement where he worked several different assignments including 17 years as a law enforcement helicopter pilot. He has a BS in Aviation Technical Management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Masters Degree in Transportation and Engineering Management from Cal Maritime.  He met the Montgomery's and got involved in FLPA when he was assigned to Lone Pine with his day job and flew regularly into Lone Pine Airport in his C-210 and Grumman AA-1A.  He has one wife of 30 years and two grown children off on their own adventures.  He currently works part time in the Emergency Medical Service programs at a community college and is in his 25th year of a law enforcement career.