I'm just your average baby-boomer who has a lot of varied interests and who likes to have fun. Flying is obviously one of my passions, as are my family and the three dogs who rule the roost - two Collies and a Sheltie. I'm a Yankee by birth but a Southerner by choice. I now teach journalism at the University of South Carolina. But that didn't begin until a year ago when I retired from a 35 year career in TV news. I have been flying for 16 years, the last five with an instrument rating. Next goal is becoming CFI, which I hope to accomplish this summer.