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JULIAN RENTZSCH<br />
CREWMEMBERS IN PROFILE<br />
PEGGY CARNAHAN<br />
Captain<br />
MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO FLYING WAS …<br />
the Air Force Academy. I was in the fi rst<br />
class to include women and took advantage<br />
of orientation fl ights—even though women<br />
weren’t allowed to be pilots. My senior year, that<br />
changed, and I soloed in the Academy’s fl ight<br />
screening program.<br />
THE BEST PART OF FLYING IS … viewing<br />
the world from above. I fi nd cloud formations<br />
especially fascinating. I take pictures of airports<br />
from the sky and post them on Facebook for<br />
friends and colleagues to guess the airport. It’s<br />
been a lot of fun.<br />
BEFORE JOINING THE <strong>NETJETS</strong> TEAM,<br />
I WAS …in the Air Force for 20 years. After<br />
that, I fl ew an MD-80 as a First Offi cer for<br />
American Airlines for 3.5 years until I was<br />
furloughed. Then, I came to NetJets and<br />
stayed even after American Airlines invited<br />
me back.<br />
THE ONE DAY AT <strong>NETJETS</strong> I WON’T<br />
FORGET WAS … when I was able to give our<br />
passengers a view of a missile launch from Cape<br />
Canaveral. One of our Owner’s guests was in<br />
her mid-90s, and I can still remember how she<br />
clapped when she saw it. Thinking about all the<br />
wonders she must have seen throughout her<br />
long life and how I got to help add to that list<br />
always makes me smile.<br />
ONE THING OWNERS PROBABLY WOULDN’T<br />
GUESS ABOUT ME IS … I used to teach online<br />
master’s degree courses on leadership for the<br />
Air Force.<br />
ON MY DAYS OFF … my husband and I run a<br />
Black Angus cattle farm, with 14 rescued cats<br />
and a pot-bellied pig named Maxwell. I also<br />
work on the Women Military Aviators’ board of<br />
directors, where I oversee communications.<br />
WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, I WOULD<br />
LIKE TO … retire! I want to travel to places I’ve<br />
only seen from the air. I also want to dedicate<br />
more of my time to Women Military Aviators and<br />
record more of the oral history from the women<br />
aviators of my generation.<br />
MY BEST ADVICE FOR STAYING SANE ACROSS<br />
TIME ZONES IS … exercise. A short stint on the<br />
treadmill helps clear your head, shakes out the<br />
kinks from being in the pilot seat, and improves<br />
quality of sleep. It’s also very important to<br />
hydrate, eat nutritiously, and respect your<br />
physical limits.<br />
NetJets<br />
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