Dawn Mourning of Double Oak will retire from the cockpit after more than 40 years, just like her father did before her. Now, one of her kids will be taking over the yoke.
Mourning started her flying career with the Air Force because her dad, also a pilot, said if she got a scholarship she could keep the money and he would pay for her school. Well, the best scholarship came from ROTC.
She ended up sticking out a career in the military and spent time in Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi training new, 22-year-old pilots. She was only 24 when she started.
“That was always exciting,” she said. “You’re going 500 miles per hour and three feet away from another plane next to you.”…