Pilot excels at airport ground game

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September 24, 2016

Alan Mathis’ 8-year-old son, Haden Lee, serves as the former Navy pilot’s co-pilot during a recent flight. (Special Photo)

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Former Navy pilot Alan Mathis and his wife, Dena, have turned around fixed-based operations at Albany and Moultrie’s airports,

Alan Mathis, his wife, Dena, a teacher, and their 8-year-old son Haden Lee live in Moultrie. (Special Photo)

Former Navy pilot Alan Mathis manages the fixed-base operations at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Alan Mathis flew an F18 on bombing runs over Bosnia in 1995. (Special Photo)

The scenery is amazing for pilots like Alan Mathis when they’re flying above the clouds. (Special Photo)

Alan Mathis has managed fixed-base operations at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in Albany for the past six years. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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Carlton Fletcher

Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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Pilot excels at airport ground game

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