Smart Business Magazine, February 2016
26 Smart Business Columbus February 2016 T he life of a fighter pilot is not quite as glamorous as Hollywood would lead you to believe says Carey Lohrenz The first female F 14 Tomcat pilot in the U S Navy flew missions around the world and experienced what its really like to do this very demanding job I put on 35 pounds of flight gear then go up to the top of the flight deck crawl into my plane and Im launched off the front end of the aircraft carrier going from zero to almost 200 mph in just under two seconds Lohrenz says Within just a couple of minutes were going about 450 to 500 mph all the while leading two four six eight sometimes 20 wingmen safely to a target and then back to the aircraft carrier While in flight Lohrenz points out that she has three different radios set to three different frequencies with people often talking at the same time feeding her information Oh and shes also dealing with gravity constantly trying to pull her back to the earth sometimes reaching a maximum of 8 Gs Pressure to perform FEATURE CAREY LOHRENZ BY MARK SCOTT MSCOTT@ SBNONLINE COM SOCIAL MEDIA To learn more about Carey Lohrenz like her Facebook page http on fb me 1QryGnc and follow on Twitter @ CareyLohrenz What Carey Lohrenz learned as she broke new ground in the U S Navy I put on 35 pounds of flight gear then go up to the top of the flight deck crawl into my plane and Im launched off the front end of the aircraft carrier going from zero to almost 200 mph in just under two seconds CAREY LOHRENZ AVIATOR SPEAKER AND AUTHOR OF FEARLESS LEADERSHIP HIGH PERFORMANCE LESSONS FROM THE FLIGHT DECK
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