PILOT CAVES
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Pilot: Kyle McMahan
Location: DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK), Atlanta, Georgia
TOP LEFT: Kyle’s locksmith found four
Eastern Airline glasses at a yard sale
and bought them as a present for Kyle,
who worked at Eastern in his youth.
MIDDLE: The reception lounge of Kyle’s
Pilot’s Country Club. BOT TOM LEFT:
Kyle’s dad was chief pilot for Delta Air
Lines, and this flight certificate lists his
type ratings, as of 1973. BOTTOM RIGHT:
Presented to Kyle’s dad after he safely
landed an L1011 that had an elevator lock
in the up position, due to an undetected
maintenance problem.
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PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY JOHN SLEMP/AEROGRAPHS
