1 00:00:02,500 --> 00:00:05,030 So I had the opportunity to interview 2 00:00:05,039 --> 00:00:09,029 Patty Wagstaff . We went down to Sarah 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,380 Spes and I to visit ST Augustine 4 00:00:11,390 --> 00:00:13,446 Florida where her flight school is . 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,790 Patty is a three time us national 6 00:00:16,799 --> 00:00:20,049 aerobatics champion . She didn't want 7 00:00:20,059 --> 00:00:22,115 to just win it one but two but three 8 00:00:22,115 --> 00:00:24,239 times to prove that her win was not a 9 00:00:24,250 --> 00:00:26,299 fluke . So she is definitely an 10 00:00:26,309 --> 00:00:29,510 incredible aviator in history , right ? 11 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:31,742 Really kind of a walking legend , in my 12 00:00:31,742 --> 00:00:34,740 opinion , something that was really fun 13 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:36,779 was hearing about Patty and her 14 00:00:36,950 --> 00:00:39,110 experience flying , not just her 15 00:00:39,119 --> 00:00:41,008 experience , but her passion with 16 00:00:41,008 --> 00:00:42,675 flight and she talks about in 17 00:00:42,675 --> 00:00:44,990 aerobatics , how she likes to feel one 18 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,349 with the airplane . So every single 19 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,582 movement that she's doing , she's doing 20 00:00:49,582 --> 00:00:52,080 it with the airplane in the sky . So it 21 00:00:52,090 --> 00:00:54,257 was just really cool to hear her story 22 00:00:54,270 --> 00:00:56,580 and her passion associated with flying . 23 00:00:59,319 --> 00:01:01,375 So Patty showed us around her flight 24 00:01:01,375 --> 00:01:03,208 school . And one of the things I 25 00:01:03,208 --> 00:01:05,263 noticed is that her flight school is 26 00:01:05,263 --> 00:01:07,260 essentially a museum . It's pretty 27 00:01:07,269 --> 00:01:10,330 incredible . Actually , she has medals , 28 00:01:10,339 --> 00:01:13,300 trophies , news clippings . Uh There's 29 00:01:13,309 --> 00:01:14,976 a lot of memorabilia around , 30 00:01:14,976 --> 00:01:17,087 especially pictures of her with other 31 00:01:17,087 --> 00:01:19,087 people . Uh Something that I really 32 00:01:19,087 --> 00:01:21,142 took away from the interview that we 33 00:01:21,142 --> 00:01:23,365 did with Patty was how appreciative she 34 00:01:23,365 --> 00:01:25,420 was um for all of the people she had 35 00:01:25,420 --> 00:01:27,531 through her journey in life , right ? 36 00:01:27,531 --> 00:01:29,531 Someone that's helped her or either 37 00:01:29,531 --> 00:01:31,753 someone that's just been there and been 38 00:01:31,753 --> 00:01:33,476 a best friend through whatever 39 00:01:33,476 --> 00:01:35,698 situation she was going through . Patty 40 00:01:35,698 --> 00:01:37,476 went through a lot of adversity 41 00:01:37,476 --> 00:01:39,642 actually to get to where she was today 42 00:01:39,642 --> 00:01:41,865 and just found her passion and flight . 43 00:01:42,309 --> 00:01:45,040 So Patty kicked off her flying when she 44 00:01:45,050 --> 00:01:47,730 was in Alaska . Uh she was an economic 45 00:01:47,739 --> 00:01:50,730 developer for the state and 46 00:01:50,739 --> 00:01:54,730 she , she chartered a plane to get to , 47 00:01:54,739 --> 00:01:56,906 you know , these different cities when 48 00:01:56,906 --> 00:01:59,430 in Alaska . So what happened was they 49 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,769 crashed after that , you know , instead 50 00:02:01,779 --> 00:02:04,360 of being afraid of flying again , Patty 51 00:02:04,370 --> 00:02:06,370 just said that's something I can do 52 00:02:06,370 --> 00:02:08,203 much better . This , this guy is 53 00:02:08,203 --> 00:02:10,314 ridiculous . Right . And I'm going to 54 00:02:10,314 --> 00:02:12,660 be a pilot . So that really is what 55 00:02:12,669 --> 00:02:16,220 kicked off her . No kidding . I am 56 00:02:16,229 --> 00:02:18,396 going to start flying now . Isn't that 57 00:02:18,396 --> 00:02:18,440 crazy ?