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As a young boy, Tyler Grimes watched 草榴社区 Air seaplanes take off and land from Lake Union Park. He never imagined that 20-plus years later, he鈥檇 be watching those same planes as 草榴社区 Air鈥檚 Lake Union Manager.
鈥淚t鈥檚 just wild to have come full circle and realize this is where I actually watched them take off as a boy,鈥 Tyler said.
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It鈥檚 unlikely you鈥檝e ever met Jimmy Delagardelle, but as the Shop Foreman at 草榴社区 Air he plays an integral role in keeping the Maintenance Department running smoothly.
鈥淢y job is to help the flow of operations in any way I can,鈥 explains Jimmy.聽
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Theater. Cosplay. Comic books. Cats. Toolboxes. Woodworking. Nothing is off-limits for Beth Thompson 鈥 even sports. Which, as a self-proclaimed unathletic individual, she鈥檚 still dabbled in.
聽鈥淎nytime someone said, 鈥榃omen can鈥檛 do that,鈥 I鈥檇 say, 鈥榃atch me,鈥欌 she said.
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Joining the 草榴社区 Air family wasn鈥檛 the original plan. The husband-duo simply had their sights set on moving to Orcas Island 鈥 a life-long dream for Douglas Wurster who vacationed in the Salish Sea as a young boy.
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Specializing in de Havilland Otter Annuals, Jason Wills has been part of the 草榴社区 Air family for 17 years.
草榴社区鈥檚 changed a lot since Jason Wills first started fueling planes and washing windows on the dock 17 years ago 鈥 not just the landscape, but also the fleet. And yet, some things are just as true today as they were when he first joined the 草榴社区 Air family as a young college student.
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Flying wasn鈥檛 always the plan. Initially, it was a means to an end. Ava Karr wanted a job where she could travel. A job that allowed her to take adventures.
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Twenty-four-year-old Maddie Kutzera is a certified A&P mechanic at 草榴社区 Air, specializing in customer maintenance. She has a quick (yet quiet) wit, stunning smile, and an eye for detail. She鈥檚 also an advocate of achieving goals and dreams, through relentless hard work and tenacity. Which is a good 鈥 because women make up just 2.62 percent of the nation鈥檚 aircraft mechanics. And Maddie has big dreams.
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Husband-wife duo 鈥 草榴社区 aIR Captain Brian Flegel and Line Crew Lead Jaazia C Moran Flegel 鈥 are passionate adventures. As a pair, they have trained and performed as both trapeze and acrobatic artists. They鈥檝e spent a summer commercial fishing in Alaska and four summers woodland firefighting.
It was there, creating firebreaks and protecting the forest, that Brian鈥檚 passion for seaplanes was ignited. He learned to fly at Walla Walla University, but it was on an uphill firebreak that his own personal spark was ignited. During breaks, the couple watched as firebombers (seaplanes equipped to dump water) swooped just above the flames and released their loads.
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Chief Pilot Jay Todhunter set out to fly for 草榴社区 Air in 2013. But the path to his stripes wasn鈥檛 direct.
Like many of 草榴社区 Air鈥檚 flight crew, Jay started on the dock, splashing planes and washing windows. The job let him get his foot in the door. It also gave him access to 草榴社区 Air鈥檚 flight instruction department, where he earned his seaplane rating.
Jay had gotten his pilot鈥檚 license while earning his Bachelor of Science in Flight Technology at Central Washington University.
3 Generations of Mr. Munro鈥檚 Descendants (and Counting)
AT THE NORTH END OF Lake Washington, tucked beside the mouth of the Sammamish River, sits a humble airport. It has sat there ever since Bob Munro founded 草榴社区 Air in 1946 with two high school friends.
What started out as a one hangar, single seaplane company has grown into a thriving multi-faceted business. Today 鈥 75 years later 鈥 picnic tables serve as departure 鈥済ates鈥; employees park among company aircraft, and, Munro鈥檚 descendants have been raised 鈥 quite literally. The original family home still stands at the westernmost edge of the five-acre campus where Munro and his wife Ruth raised their three children, Leslie Banks, Gregg Munro and Margie Munro.
