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Jay Quetnick: Ninety-Two-Year-Old Pilot Renews Medical Certificate To Begin His 75th Year In The Left Seat
By Herb Foreman
Jay Quetnick at the Sky Kitchen Cafe in San Carlos, Calif. (Courtesy of Herb Foreman)I wrote my first article regarding Jay’s career in the air in 1993. He was a sprightly pilot at 70 years of age with 54 years in his logbooks. His first solo was in the wonderful J-3 Cub at the Palo Alto (Calif.) Airport in 1939. Jay was a student at Stanford University and had taken advantage of the Civilian Pilot Training Program and the ROTC. Upon his graduation in 1941, he became a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, as well. The renewal of his medical will celebrate the beginning of his 75th year in the left seat. Amazing!
Are Pilots Control Freaks
By Herb Foreman
Dr. George CohenI was recently having a check up by my cardiologist, Dr. George Cohen, at Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame, Calif. I mentioned to him that when flying in a light plane I would prefer to be in the left seat as PIC (pilot in command) than any of their others as I felt I was a competent pilot and trusted my judgment and expertise over most of the pilots I have flown with. There are a few exceptions such as my friends Butch Pfiefer, Carl Mauck and Walt Ramseur who are retired airline pilots with many thousands of hours in their log books and owners of their own aircraft. Dr. Cohen felt most pilots were “control freaks” and told the following story to illustrate his remark.