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Join us as Gretchen Reed shares with us her fascinating story of being a professional pilot and owning a private airport.The local aviatrix has lived an fascinating life. She has been a licensed private pilot since 1968, but is now inactive due to medical interruptions. Gretchen taught English at Riverside High School (RHS) from 1967 – ´95. She established an aviation ground school at Riverside in 1969, which she taught until her retirement.
In 1977, she and husband Charles began developing Pheasant Run Airport and Aviation Museum on 68 acres they had purchased in LeRoy Township. After his death in 2008, she and her ex-student and close friend Chris Joles began expanding the facilities and organizing the antique airplanes and artifacts until the place became a formal museum. It now includes a collection of classic cars as well. It has become a “community center,” hosting a variety of events and visitors that number in the thousands.
She was inducted into the Riverside High School Hall of Fame in 2001 and the International Forest of Friendship Aviation Honorary in 2003 and was named a “Woman of Achievement” by Lakeland Community College in 2017.
Light lunch will be served.
Members $20 Non members $24
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bite-of-history-november-gretchen-reed-aviatrix-story-of-a-female-pilot-tickets-1017424141997?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
For more information or ticket assistance, call 440-639-2945.
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415 Riverside Dr, Painesville, OH, United States, Ohio 44077
